Esther 1:17-18
1599 Geneva Bible
17 For the [a]act of the Queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their own eyes, and shall say, The King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the Queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.
18 So shall the [b]Princesses of Persia and Media this day say unto all the King’s Princes, when they hear of the act of the Queen: thus shall there be much despitefulness and wrath.
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- Esther 1:17 That is, her disobedience.
- Esther 1:18 Meaning, that they would take first occasion thereof to do the like, and that the rest of women would by continuance do the same.
Esther 1:20
1599 Geneva Bible
20 And when the decree of the King which shall be made, shall be published throughout all his kingdom (though it be [a]great) all the women shall give their husbands honor, both great and small.
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- Esther 1:20 For he had under him an hundred twenty and seven countries.
Esther 1:22
1599 Geneva Bible
22 For he sent letters into all the provinces of the King, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should [a]bear rule in his own house, and that he should publish it in the language of that same people.
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- Esther 1:22 That is, that the wife should be subject to the husband and at his commandment.
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