King James Version
Esther 1:21 in the King James Version says “And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: pleased: Heb. was go...” — study this verse from Esther chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: pleased: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king”
Esther 1:21 · KJV
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better 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
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.
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: pleased: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people. that it: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people
KJV Study — Public Domain
“pleased”
H3190to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
“And the saying”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“And the saying”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
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