King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. Now it came to pass[H1961] in the days[H3117] of Ahasuerus,[H325] (this[H1931] is Ahasuerus[H325] which reigned,[H4427] from India[H4480] [H1912] even unto[H5704] Ethiopia,[H3568] over a hundred[H3967] and seven[H7651] and twenty[H6242] provinces: )[H4082]

2. That in those[H1992] days,[H3117] when the king[H4428] Ahasuerus[H325] sat[H3427] on[H5921] the throne[H3678] of his kingdom,[H4438] which[H834] was in Shushan[H7800] the palace,[H1002]

3. In the third[H7969] year[H8141] of his reign,[H4427] he made[H6213] a feast[H4960] unto all[H3605] his princes[H8269] and his servants;[H5650] the power[H2428] of Persia[H6539] and Media,[H4074] the nobles[H6579] and princes[H8269] of the provinces,[H4082] being before[H6440] him:

4. When he showed[H7200] [H853] the riches[H6239] of his glorious[H3519] kingdom[H4438] and the honor[H3366] of his excellent[H8597] majesty[H1420] many[H7227] days,[H3117] even a hundred[H3967] and fourscore[H8084] days.[H3117]

5. And when these[H428] days[H3117] were expired,[H4390] the king[H4428] made[H6213] a feast[H4960] unto all[H3605] the people[H5971] that were present[H4672] in Shushan[H7800] the palace,[H1002] both unto great[H4480] [H1419] and small,[H6996] seven[H7651] days,[H3117] in the court[H2691] of the garden[H1594] of the king's[H4428] palace;[H1055]

6. Where were white,[H2353] green,[H3768] and blue,[H8504] hangings, fastened[H270] with cords[H2256] of fine linen[H948] and purple[H713] to[H5921] silver[H3701] rings[H1550] and pillars[H5982] of marble:[H8336] the beds[H4296] were of gold[H2091] and silver,[H3701] upon[H5921] a pavement[H7531] of red,[H923] and blue,[H8336] and white,[H1858] and black marble.[H5508]

7. And they gave them drink[H8248] in vessels[H3627] of gold,[H2091] (the vessels[H3627] being diverse[H8138] one from another,)[H4480] [H3627] and royal[H4438] wine[H3196] in abundance,[H7227] according to the state[H3027] of the king.[H4428]

8. And the drinking[H8360] was according to the law;[H1881] none[H369] did compel:[H597] for[H3588] so[H3651] the king[H4428] had appointed[H3245] to[H5921] all[H3605] the officers[H7227] of his house,[H1004] that they should do[H6213] according to every man's[H376] [H376] pleasure.[H7522]

9. Also[H1571] Vashti[H2060] the queen[H4436] made[H6213] a feast[H4960] for the women[H802] in the royal[H4438] house[H1004] which[H834] belonged to king[H4428] Ahasuerus.[H325]

10. On the seventh[H7637] day,[H3117] when the heart[H3820] of the king[H4428] was merry[H2895] with wine,[H3196] he commanded[H559] Mehuman,[H4104] Biztha,[H968] Harbona,[H2726] Bigtha,[H903] and Abagtha,[H5] Zethar,[H2242] and Carcas,[H3752] the seven[H7651] chamberlains[H5631] that served[H8334] [H853] in the presence[H6440] of Ahasuerus[H325] the king,[H4428]

11. To bring[H935] [H853] Vashti[H2060] the queen[H4436] before[H6440] the king[H4428] with the crown[H3804] royal,[H4438] to show[H7200] the people[H5971] and the princes[H8269] [H853] her beauty:[H3308] for[H3588] she[H1931] was fair[H2896] to look on.[H4758]

12. But the queen[H4436] Vashti[H2060] refused[H3985] to come[H935] at the king's[H4428] commandment[H1697] by[H834] [H3027] his chamberlains:[H5631] therefore was the king[H4428] very[H3966] wroth,[H7107] and his anger[H2534] burned[H1197] in him.

13. Then the king[H4428] said[H559] to the wise men,[H2450] which knew[H3045] the times,[H6256] (for[H3588] so[H3651] was the king's[H4428] manner[H1697] toward[H6440] all[H3605] that knew[H3045] law[H1881] and judgment: [H1779]

14. And the next[H7138] unto[H413] him was Carshena,[H3771] Shethar,[H8369] Admatha,[H133] Tarshish,[H8659] Meres,[H4825] Marsena,[H4826] and Memucan,[H4462] the seven[H7651] princes[H8269] of Persia[H6539] and Media,[H4074] which saw[H7200] the king's[H4428] face,[H6440] and which sat[H3427] the first[H7223] in the kingdom;)[H4438]

15. What[H4100] shall we do[H6213] unto the queen[H4436] Vashti[H2060] according to law,[H1881] because[H5921] [H834] she hath not[H3808] performed[H6213] [H853] the commandment[H3982] of the king[H4428] Ahasuerus[H325] by[H3027] the chamberlains?[H5631]

16. And Memucan[H4462] answered[H559] before[H6440] the king[H4428] and the princes,[H8269] Vashti[H2060] the queen[H4436] hath not[H3808] done wrong[H5753] to[H5921] the king[H4428] only,[H905] but[H3588] also to[H5921] all[H3605] the princes,[H8269] and to[H5921] all[H3605] the people[H5971] that[H834] are in all[H3605] the provinces[H4082] of the king[H4428] Ahasuerus.[H325]

17. For[H3588] this deed[H1697] of the queen[H4436] shall come abroad[H3318] unto[H5921] all[H3605] women,[H802] so that they shall despise[H959] their husbands[H1167] in their eyes,[H5869] when it shall be reported,[H559] The king[H4428] Ahasuerus[H325] commanded[H559] [H853] Vashti[H2060] the queen[H4436] to be brought in[H935] before[H6440] him, but she came[H935] not.[H3808]

18. Likewise shall the ladies[H8282] of Persia[H6539] and Media[H4074] say[H559] this[H2088] day[H3117] unto all[H3605] the king's[H4428] princes,[H8269] which[H834] have heard of[H8085] [H853] the deed[H1697] of the queen.[H4436] Thus shall there arise too much[H1767] contempt[H963] and wrath.[H7110]

19. If[H518] it please[H2895] [H5921] the king,[H4428] let there go[H3318] a royal[H4438] commandment[H1697] from[H4480] [H6440] him, and let it be written[H3789] among the laws[H1881] of the Persians[H6539] and the Medes,[H4074] that it be not[H3808] altered,[H5674] That[H834] Vashti[H2060] come[H935] no[H3808] more before[H6440] king[H4428] Ahasuerus;[H325] and let the king[H4428] give[H5414] her royal estate[H4438] unto another[H7468] that is better[H2896] than[H4480] she.

20. And when the king's[H4428] decree[H6599] which[H834] he shall make[H6213] shall be published[H8085] throughout all[H3605] his empire,[H4438] (for[H3588] it[H1931] is great,)[H7227] all[H3605] the wives[H802] shall give[H5414] to their husbands[H1167] honor,[H3366] both to great[H4480] [H1419] and small.[H6996]

21. And the saying[H1697] pleased[H3190] [H5869] the king[H4428] and the princes;[H8269] and the king[H4428] did[H6213] according to the word[H1697] of Memucan: [H4462]

22. For he sent[H7971] letters[H5612] into[H413] all[H3605] the king's[H4428] provinces,[H4082] into[H413] every province[H4082] [H4082] according to the writing[H3791] thereof, and to[H413] every people[H5971] [H5971] after their language,[H3956] that every[H3605] man[H376] should[H1961] bear rule[H8323] in his own house,[H1004] and that it should be published[H1696] according to the language[H3956] of every people.[H5971]