Esther 1:7New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Drinks were served in golden vessels of various kinds, and the royal wine was plentiful according to the king’s bounty.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, vessels, from vessels, being diverse,—even the wine of the kingdom in abundance, by the bounty of the king.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels [are] divers vessels, and the royal wine [is] abundant, as a memorial of the king.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And they that were invited, drank in golden cups, and the meats were brought in divers vessels one after another. Wine also in abundance and of the best was presented, as was worthy of a king's magnificence.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And they gaue them drinke in vessels of golde, and changed vessel after vessel, and royall wine in abundance according to the power of the King.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And they gaue [them] drinke in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diuers one from another) and royall wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And they gave the guests drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being different one from another), and royal wine was in abundance, according to the generosity of the king.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— gold and silver cups, and a small cup of carbuncle set out of the value of thirty thousand talents, abundant and sweet wine, which the king himself drank.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. |
And they gave [ them] drink
8248 {8248} Primeשָׁקָהshaqah{shaw-kaw'}
A primitive root; to quaff, that is, (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to.
z8687 <8687> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818) Mood - Infinitive (See H8812) Count - 1162
in vessels
3627 {3627} Primeכְּלִיk@liy{kel-ee'}
From H3615; something prepared, that is, any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon).
of gold,
2091 {2091} Primeזָהָבzahab{zaw-hawb'}
From an unused root meaning to shimmer; gold; figuratively something gold colored (that is, yellow), as oil, a clear sky.
(the vessels
3627 {3627} Primeכְּלִיk@liy{kel-ee'}
From H3615; something prepared, that is, any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon).
being diverse
8138 {8138} Primeשָׁנָהshanah{shaw-naw'}
A primitive root; to fold, that is, duplicate (literally or figuratively (); by implication to transmute (transitively or intransitively).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
one from another,)
3627 {3627} Primeכְּלִיk@liy{kel-ee'}
From H3615; something prepared, that is, any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon).
x4480 (4480) Complementמִןmin{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
and royal
4438 {4438} Primeמַלְכוּתmalkuwth{mal-kooth'}
From H4427; a rule; concretely a dominion.
wine
3196 {3196} Primeיַיִןyayin{yah'-yin}
From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication intoxication.
in abundance,
7227 {7227} Primeרַבrab{rab}
By contraction from H7231; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality).
according to the state
3027 {3027} Primeיָדyad{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
of the king.
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Esther 1:7
_ _ they gave them drink in vessels of gold — There is reason to believe from this account, as well as from Esther 5:6; Esther 7:2, Esther 7:7, Esther 7:8, where the drinking of wine occupies by far the most prominent place in the description, that this was a banquet rather than a feast. |
Esther 1:7
And they gave [them] drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the (e) state of the king.
(e) As was befitting for so magnificent a king. |
- vessels of gold:
1 Kings 10:21 And all king Solomon's drinking vessels [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold; none [were of] silver: it was nothing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
2 Chronicles 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon [were of] gold, and all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon [were of] pure gold: none [were of] silver; it was [not] any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon.
Daniel 5:2-4 Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which [was] in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. ... They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone.
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- royal wine:
- Heb. wine of the kingdom
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- state of the king:
- Heb. hand of the king.
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