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20 And let the king’s decision that he will enact be disseminated[a] throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is.[b] Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly.”

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:20 tn Heb “heard”; KJV, NAB, NLT “published”; NIV, NRSV “proclaimed.”
  2. Esther 1:20 tc The phrase “vast though it is” is not included in the LXX, although it is retained by almost all English versions.