Esther 1:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.””
Read Esther 1:20 in the flow of Esther1 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Esther1 to see the surrounding context.
“The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give to their husbands honor, both to great and small.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the sentence of the king that he maketh hath been heard in all his kingdom--for it <FI>is<Fi> great--and all the wives give honour to their husbands, from great even unto small.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Esther 1:20 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 17:13Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will no longer behave arrogantly.
- Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- Ephesians 5:22Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.
- Ephesians 5:33Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
- Colossians 3:18Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.
- 1 Peter 3:1Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).