Esther 1:22 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.

BSB

He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be master of his own household.

KJV

For he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.

ASV

for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and should speak according to the language of his people.

BBE

And sent letters to all the divisions of the kingdom, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs, saying that every man was to be the ruler in his house, and that this order was to be given out in the language of his people.

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וַיִּשְׁלַח vai·yish·lach and he sent out H7971 סְפָרִים se·fa·rim documents H5612 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 מְדִינוֹת me·di·not [the] provinces of H4082 הַמֶּלֶךְ ha·me·lekh the king H4428 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 מְדִינָה me·di·nah province H4082 וּמְדִינָה u·me·di·nah and province H4082 כִּכְתָבָהּ kikh·ta·vah according to writing its H3791 וְאֶל־ ve·'el- and to H413 עַם 'am people H5971 וָעָם va·'am and people H5971 כִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ kil·sho·no according to language its H3956 לִהְיוֹת lih·yot to be H1961 כָּל־ kol- every H3605 אִישׁ 'ish man H376 שֹׂרֵר so·rer ruler H8323 בְּבֵיתוֹ be·vei·to in own household his H1004 וּמְדַבֵּר u·me·da·ber and speaking H1696 כִּלְשׁוֹן kil·shon according to [the] language of H3956 עַמּוֹ פ a·mo people his H5971

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 10–22

Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be careful not to command what may reasonably be disobeyed. But when wine is in, men's reason departs from them. He that had rule over 127 provinces, had no rule over his own spirit. But whether the passion or the policy of the king was served by this decree, God's providence made way for Esther to the crown, and defeated Haman's wicked project, even before it had entered into his heart, and he arrived at his power. Let us rejoice that the Lord reigns, and will overrule the madness or folly of mankind to promote his own glory, and the safety and happiness of his people.

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