Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Every woman in the empire will start looking down on her husband as soon as she hears what the queen has done. They'll say, 'King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to come to him, and she refused.' New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge For this deed of the queen will go abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands, and will say: King Assuerus commanded that queen Vasthi should come in to him, and she would not. despise. 2 Samuel 6:16 And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord: and she despised him in her heart. Ephesians 5:33 Nevertheless, let every one of you in particular love for his wife as himself: And let the wife fear her husband. Context Queen Vashti Deposed…16And Mamuchan answered, in the hearing of the king and the princes: Queen Vasthi hath not only injured the king, but also all the people and princes that are in all the provinces of king Assuerus. 17For this deed of the queen will go abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands, and will say: King Assuerus commanded that queen Vasthi should come in to him, and she would not.18And by this example all the wives of the princes of the Persians and the Medes will slight the commandments of their husbands: wherefore the king's indignation is just.… Cross References Ezra 4:6 And in the reign of Assuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Juda and Jerusalem. Esther 1:16 And Mamuchan answered, in the hearing of the king and the princes: Queen Vasthi hath not only injured the king, but also all the people and princes that are in all the provinces of king Assuerus. Esther 1:18 And by this example all the wives of the princes of the Persians and the Medes will slight the commandments of their husbands: wherefore the king's indignation is just. Jump to Previous Abroad Ahasuerus Causing Commanded Conduct Contempt Contemptible Deed Despise Eyes Husbands Queen Queen's Reported Show Vashti WomenJump to Next Abroad Ahasuerus Causing Commanded Conduct Contempt Contemptible Deed Despise Eyes Husbands Queen Queen's Reported Show Vashti WomenLinks Esther 1:17 NIVEsther 1:17 NLT Esther 1:17 ESV Esther 1:17 NASB Esther 1:17 Bible Apps Esther 1:17 Biblia Paralela Esther 1:17 Chinese Bible Esther 1:17 French Bible Esther 1:17 German Bible Alphabetical: Ahasuerus all and be become before brought but by causing come' commanded conduct contempt despise did For him his husbands in King known look not on presence Queen queen's say saying she so the their them they to Vashti will with women would Xerxes OT History: Esther 1:17 For this deed of the queen will (Est Esth. Es) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |