20 When the king’s edict which he will make is heard throughout his kingdom, [a]great as it is, then (A)all women will give honor to their husbands, great and small.”

21 Now this word pleased the king and the officials, and the king did [b]as Memucan proposed. 22 So he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, (B)to each province according to its script and to every people according to their language, that every man was to (C)be the ruler in his own house and the one who speaks in the language of his own people.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:20 Lit for great is it
  2. Esther 1:21 Lit according to the word of

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