than she. {If it...: Heb. If it be good with the king} {unto...: Heb. unto her companion} {from him: Heb. from before him} {be not...: Heb. pass not away}

1:20

And when the king's
<04428>

decree
<06599>

which he shall make
<06213> (8799)

shall be published
<08085> (8738)

throughout all his empire
<04438>_,

(for it is great
<07227>,)

all the wives
<0802>

shall give
<05414> (8799)

to their husbands
<01167>

honour
<03366>_,

both to great
<01419>

and small
<06996>_.

1:21

And the saying
<01697>

pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>

the king
<04428>

and the princes
<08269>_;

and the king
<04428>

did
<06213> (8799)

according to the word
<01697>

of Memucan
<04462>_:

{pleased...: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king}

1:22

For he sent
<07971> (8799)

letters
<05612>

into all the king's
<04428>

provinces
<04082>_,

into every province
<04082>

according to the writing
<03791>

thereof, and to every people
<05971>

after their language
<03956>_,

that every man
<0376>

should bear rule
<08323> (8802)

in his own house
<01004>_,

and that [it] should be published
<01696> (8764)

according to the language
<03956>

of every people
<05971>_.

{that it...: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people}