Esther 1:20

1:20 And let the king’s decision which he will enact be disseminated throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.”


tn Heb “heard”; KJV, NAB, NLT “published”; NIV, NRSV “proclaimed.”

tc The phrase “vast though it is” is not included in the LXX, although it is retained by almost all English versions.