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Esther 1:18

Esther 1:18
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen,.... From henceforward they will give a like answer to their husbands,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Translate it: “Likewise shall the princesses of Persia and Media, which have heard of the deed of the queen, say this day unto all the king’s princes.”

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The ladies of Persia - שרות saroth, the princesses; but the meaning is very well expressed by our term ladies.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Esther 1:10-22

We have here a damp to all the mirth of Ahasuerus's feast; it ended in heaviness, not as Job's children's feast by a wind from the wilderness, not as Belshazzar's by a hand-writing on the wall, but by…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Memucan points out that, inasmuch as the disobedience was public and notorious for the princesses who were feasting with Vashti heard her answer they will -say the like," i.e. will meet their…

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