
Text -- Esther 1:20 (NET)




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Gill -> Est 1:20
Gill: Est 1:20 - -- And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire,.... As it was proper it should, since the report of the q...
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire,.... As it was proper it should, since the report of the queen's deed would be made everywhere:
for it is great; the empire consisting of one hundred and twenty seven provinces, Est 1:1, Aben Ezra and Abendana interpret it, "though" it is great, yet the decree should be published throughout; the latter observes, that this may respect the king's decree; and so the Targum is,"for his decree is great;''it respecting a matter of great importance, and relating to a great personage, and would have great effect on the minds of persons, when it was observed that one so great was treated in this manner: and therefore
all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small; speaking respectfully to them, yielding a ready and cheerful obedience to all their commands; which would be done to princes and peasants, to high and low, to every rank of men.

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NET Notes: Est 1:20 The phrase “vast though it is” is not included in the LXX, although it is retained by almost all English versions.
Geneva Bible -> Est 1:20
Geneva Bible: Est 1:20 And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is ( o ) great,) all the wives shall give to thei...

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TSK Synopsis -> Est 1:1-22
TSK Synopsis: Est 1:1-22 - --1 Ahasuerus makes royal feasts.10 Vashti, sent for, refuses to come.13 Ahasuerus, by the counsel of Memucan, puts away Vashti, and makes the decree of...
MHCC -> Est 1:10-22
MHCC: Est 1:10-22 - --Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be careful not to comman...
Matthew Henry -> Est 1:10-22
Matthew Henry: Est 1:10-22 - -- We have here a damp to all the mirth of Ahasuerus's feast; it ended in heaviness, not as Job's children's feast by a wind from the wilderness, not a...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Est 1:19-20
Keil-Delitzsch: Est 1:19-20 - --
That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give herroyal estate unto another that is better than she. After this argument on t...
Constable -> Est 1:1-22; Est 1:10-22
Constable: Est 1:1-22 - --A. Vashti Deposed ch. 1
This chapter records the providential circumstances whereby Esther was able to r...
