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Esther 1:5

NETBible	When those days¹ were completed, the king then provided a seven-day² banquet for all the people who were present³ in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly.⁴ It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.
NIV © biblegateway Est 1:5	When these days were over, the king gave a banquet, lasting seven days, in the enclosed garden of the king’s palace, for all the people from the least to the greatest, who were in the citadel of Susa.
NASB © biblegateway Est 1:5	When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
NLT © biblegateway Est 1:5	When it was all over, the king gave a special banquet for all the palace servants and officials––from the greatest to the least. It lasted for seven days and was held at Susa in the courtyard of the palace garden.
MSG © biblegateway Est 1:5	At the conclusion of the exhibit, the king threw a weeklong party for everyone living in Susa, the capital--important and unimportant alike. The party was in the garden courtyard of the king's summer house.
BBE © SABDAweb Est 1:5	And at the end of that time, the king gave a feast for all the people who were present in Shushan, the king’s town, small as well as great, for seven days, in the outer square of the garden of the king’s house.
NRSV © bibleoremus Est 1:5	When these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in the citadel of Susa, both great and small, a banquet lasting for seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
NKJV © biblegateway Est 1:5	And when these days were completed, the king made a feast lasting seven days for all the people who were present in Shushan the citadel, from great to small, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
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KJV	And when these days <03117> were expired <04390> (8800)_, the king <04428> made <06213> (8804) a feast <04960> unto all the people <05971> that were present <04672> (8737) in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>_, both unto great <01419> and small <06996>_, seven <07651> days <03117>_, in the court <02691> of the garden <01594> of the king's <04428> palace <01055>_; {present: Heb. found}
NASB © biblegateway Est 1:5	When these <0428> days <03117> were completed <04390> , the king <04428> gave <06213> a banquet <04960> lasting seven <07651> days <03117> for all <03605> the people <05971> who were present <04672> at the citadel <01002> in Susa <07800> , from the greatest <01419> to the least <06996> , in the court <02691> of the garden <01593> of the king's <04428> palace <01055> .
LXXM	ote <3753> ADV de <1161> PRT aneplhrwyhsan <378> V-API-3P ai <3588> T-NPF hmerai <2250> N-NPF tou <3588> T-GSM gamou <1062> N-GSM epoihsen <4160> V-AAI-3S o <3588> T-NSM basileuv <935> N-NSM poton <4224> N-ASM toiv <3588> T-DPN eynesin <1484> N-DPN toiv <3588> T-DPN eureyeisin <2147> V-APPDP eiv <1519> PREP thn <3588> T-ASF polin <4172> N-ASF epi <1909> PREP hmerav <2250> N-APF ex <1803> N-NUI en <1722> PREP aulh <833> N-DSF oikou <3624> N-GSM tou <3588> T-GSM basilewv <935> N-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	When those <0428> days <03117> were completed <04390> , the king <04428> then provided <06213> a seven-day <03117> <07651> banquet <04960> for all <03605> the people <05971> who were present <04672> in Susa <07800> the citadel <01002> , for those of highest <01419> standing to <05704> the most lowly <06996> . It was held in the court <02691> located in the garden <01594> of the royal <04428> palace <01055> .
HEBREW	Klmh <04428> Ntyb <01055> tng <01594> ruxb <02691> Mymy <03117> tebs <07651> htsm <04960> Njq <06996> dew <05704> lwdgml <01419> hrybh <01002> Nswsb <07800> Myaumnh <04672> Meh <05971> lkl <03605> Klmh <04428> hve <06213> hlah <0428> Mymyh <03117> tawlmbw (1:5) <04390>

NETBible

When those days¹ were completed, the king then provided a seven-day² banquet for all the people who were present³ in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly.⁴ It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.

NET Notes

¹tc The Hebrew text of Esther does not indicate why this elaborate show of wealth and power was undertaken. According to the LXX these were “the days of the wedding” (αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ γάμου, Jai Jhmerai tou gamou), presumably the king’s wedding. However, a number of scholars have called attention to the fact that this celebration takes place just shortly before Xerxes’ invasion of Greece. It is possible that the banquet was a rallying for the up-coming military effort. See Herodotus, Histories 7.8. There is no reason to adopt the longer reading of the LXX here.

²tc The LXX has ἕξ ({ex, “six”) instead of “seven.” Virtually all English versions follow the reading of the MT here, “seven.”

³tn Heb “were found.”

⁴tn Heb “from the great and unto the small.”