Esther 1:6

There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.

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WEBBE

There were hangings of white and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.

BSB

Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

KJV

Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

ASV

[There were hangings of] white [cloth], [of] green, and [of] blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

BBE

There were fair hangings of white and green and blue, fixed with cords of purple and the best linen to silver rings and pillars of polished stone: the seats were of gold and silver on a floor of red and white and yellow and black stone.

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חוּר chur white material H2353 כַּרְפַּס kar·pas cotton H3768 וּתְכֵלֶת u·te·khe·let and violet material H8504 אָחוּז 'a·chuz [was] held H270 בְּחַבְלֵי־ be·chav·lei- with cords of H2256 בוּץ vutz fine linen H948 וְאַרְגָּמָן ve·'ar·ga·man and purple H713 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 גְּלִילֵי ge·li·lei rods of H1550 כֶסֶף khe·sef silver H3701 וְעַמּוּדֵי ve·'a·mu·dei and pillars of H5982 שֵׁשׁ shesh marble H8336 מִטּוֹת mi·tot couches of H4296 זָהָב za·hav gold H2091 וָכֶסֶף va·khe·sef and silver H3701 עַל 'al on H5921 רִצְפַת ritz·fat a pavement of H7531 בַּהַט־ ba·hat- porphyry H923 וָשֵׁשׁ va·shesh and marble H8336 וְדַר ve·dar and mother-of-pearl H1858 וְסֹחָרֶת ve·so·cha·ret and paving stone H5508

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–9

The pride of Ahasuerus's heart rising with the grandeur of his kingdom, he made an extravagant feast. This was vain glory. Better is a dinner of herbs with quietness, than this banquet of wine, with all the noise and tumult that must have attended it. But except grace prevails in the heart, self-exaltation and self-indulgence, in one form or another, will be the ruling principle. Yet none did compel; so that if any drank to excess, it was their own fault. This caution of a heathen prince, even when he would show his generosity, may shame many called Christians, who, under pretence of sending the health round, send sin round, and death with it. There is a woe to them that do so; let them read it, and tremble, Ha 2:15, 16.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.