Esther 2:18

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

Bible in Basic English ☆

Then the king gave a great feast for all his captains and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he gave orders through all the divisions of his kingdom for a day of rest from work, and gave wealth from his store.

Darby Translation ☆

And the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave presents according to the king's bounty.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

And he commanded a magnificent feast to be prepared for all the princes, and for his servants, for the marriage and wedding of Esther. And he gave rest to all the provinces, and bestowed gifts according to princely magnificence.

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

Then the King made a great feast vnto all his princes, and his seruants, which was the feast of Ester, and gaue rest vnto the prouinces, and gaue gifts, according to the power of a King.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

And the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, the feast of Esther; and he made a release of taxes to the provinces, and gave presents, according to the ability of the king.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

King James Version ☆

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.

Majority Standard BIble ☆

Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

Webster Bible ☆

Then the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth) ☆

Then the king gave a great feast to all his officials and courtiers in honour of Esther, and he remitted the taxes of the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.

Open English Bible (US) ☆

Then the king gave a great feast to all his officials and courtiers in honor of Esther, and he remitted the taxes of the provinces and distributed gifts with royal liberality.

Revised Version ☆

Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the bounty of the king.

World English Bible ☆

Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.

World English Bible British Edition ☆

Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.

World English Bible Classic ☆

Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.

World English Bible Updated ☆

Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.

World Messianic Bible ☆

Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king’s bounty.

Young's Literal Translation ☆

and the king maketh a great banquet to all his heads and his servants — the banquet of Esther — and a release to the provinces hath made, and giveth gifts as a memorial of the king.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

Then HaMelech gave a mishteh gadol (great feast) unto all his sarim (nobles) and his avadim (servants, officials), even Mishteh Ester; and he decreed a holiday throughout the provinces and distributed gifts according to the [bountiful] yad HaMelech.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

وَعَمِلَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَلِيمَةً عَظِيمَةً لِجَمِيعِ رُؤَسَائِهِ وَعَبِيدِهِ، وَلِيمَةَ أَسْتِيرَ. وَعَمِلَ رَاحَةً لِلْبِلَادِ وَأَعْطَى عَطَايَا حَسَبَ كَرَمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

ထို​နောက်​မိ​မိ​၏​မှူး​မတ်​များ​နှင့်​မင်း​အ​ရာ ရှိ​အ​ပေါင်း​ကို​ဖိတ်​ကြား​တော်​မူ​၍ ဧ​သ​တာ အား​ဂုဏ်​ပြု​စား​သောက်​ပွဲ​ကြီး​ကို​ကျင်း​ပ တော်​မူ​၏။ သူ​သည်​အင်​ပါ​ယာ​နိုင်​ငံ​တော် တစ်​ဝှမ်း​လုံး​တွင်​ထို​နေ့​ကို​အ​လုပ်​နား​ရက် အ​ဖြစ်​သတ်​မှတ်​ကြေ​ငြာ​တော်​မူ​၍ ဘု​ရင့် ဂုဏ်​နှင့်​လျော်​စွာ​ဆု​တော်​လာဘ်​တော်​များ ကို​လည်း​ပေး​သ​နား​တော်​မူ​၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

ထိုအခါ ရှင် ဘုရင်သည် ဧသတာ ပွဲ ဟူ၍ကြီး သောပွဲ ကို မှူး တော်မတ်တော်ကျွန် တော်တို့အဘို့ လုပ် သဖြင့် ၊ နိုင်ငံ တော်တိုင်းပြည်တို့ကို မင်းမှုလွှတ် ၍ ၊ စည်းစိမ်တော်နှင့် လျော်စွာ ဆု ချတော်မူ၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Siangpahrang mah, angmah ih angraengnawk hoi a tamnanawk boih hanah paroeai kalen Esther ih poih to a sak pae; to ni loe a prae thung boih ah anghakhaih ni, ah taphong moe, siangpahrang kuhoihaih baktih toengah atho kana tangqumnawk to a paek.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Te phoeiah manghai loh a mangpa rhoek neh a sal boeih ham buhkoknah muep a saii pah. Esther kah buhkoknah neh bihoepnah khaw paeng ah a saii tih manghai kut van la buham a tael.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Te phoeiah manghai loh a mangpa rhoek neh a sal boeih ham buhkoknah muep a saii pah. Esther kah buhkoknah neh bihoepnah khaw paeng ah a saii tih manghai kut van la buham a tael.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

王因 以斯帖的缘故给众首领和臣仆设摆大筵席，又豁免各省的 租税，并照王的厚意大颁赏赐。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

王因 以斯帖的緣故給眾首領和臣僕設擺大筵席，又豁免各省的 租稅，並照王的厚意大頒賞賜。

World Chinese Bible ☆

王为所有首领和臣仆设下大宴，就是以斯帖的宴席；又在各省宣布休假，并照王的丰厚赏赐分送礼物。

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

K tomu také učinil král hody veliké všechněm knížatům svým a služebníkům svým, totiž hody Estery, a dal odpočinutí krajinám, a daroval je tak, jakž slušelo na krále.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Derpå gjorde Kongen et stort Gæstebud for alle sine Fyrster og Folk til Ære for Ester, og han eftergav Straf i sine Lande og uddelte Gaver, som det sømmede sig en Konge.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Toen maakte de koning een groten maaltijd al zijn vorsten en zijn knechten, den maaltijd van Esther; en hij gaf den landschappen rust, en hij gaf geschenken naar des konings vermogen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Daarop richtte de koning een groot feestmaal aan voor al zijn vorsten en hovelingen, het Estermaal; hij verordende in de provincies kwijtschelding van straffen, en deelde met koninklijke mildheid geschenken uit.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Kaj la reĝo faris grandan festenon por ĉiuj siaj princoj kaj servantoj, festenon je la honoro de Ester; kaj li donis ripozon al la landoj kaj disdonis reĝajn donacojn.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Et le roi fit un grand festin à tous ses princes et ses serviteurs, le festin d’Esther ; et il octroya un dégrèvement aux provinces et fit des dons selon la puissance du roi.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Alors le roi fit un grand festin, le festin d'Esther, à tous ses seigneurs, et à ses serviteurs; il soulagea les provinces, et fit des présents, selon la puissance royale.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le roi donna un grand festin à tous ses princes et à ses serviteurs, un festin en l’honneur d’Esther; il accorda du repos aux provinces, et fit des présents avec une libéralité royale.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Puis le roi donna un grand banquet à tous ses princes et serviteurs, le banquet d’Esther. Il proclama un jour de fête dans les provinces et fit des dons avec une générosité royale.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Und der König machte allen seinen Fürsten und Knechten ein großes Gastmahl, das Gastmahl Esthers; und er gab den Landschaften einen Steuererlaß und gab Geschenke nach der Freigebigkeit des Königs.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Und der König machte ein großes Mahl allen seinen Fürsten und Knechten, das war ein Mahl um Esthers willen, und ließ die Länder ruhen und gab königliche Geschenke aus.

German Textbibel ☆

Sodann veranstaltete der König ein großes Gastmahl für alle seine Fürsten und Diener, das Gastmahl zu Ehren Esthers, und auch für die Provinzen veranstaltete er eine Lustbarkeit und bewilligte dazu eine Spende mit königlicher Freigebigkeit.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Und der König machte allen seinen Fürsten ein großes Mahl, das Mahl der Esther. Und er veranstaltete eine Feier in den Provinzen und teilte Gaben aus mit königlicher Hand.

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Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Lèfini, li voye envite tout chèf li yo ak moun pa l' yo, li fè yon gwo resepsyon pou Estè. Li bay yon jou vakans nan tout peyi a nèt. Apre sa, li bay kado adwat agoch jan wa yo konn fè l' la.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

Alaila, hana iho la ke alii i ahaaina nui na kona mau alii a pau, a me kona poe kanaka; o ka Esetera ahaaina ia. A haawi ae la oia i ka hoomaha no ua aina, a haawi no hoi i ka manawalea, e like me ka aoao mau o ke alii.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה גָדֹ֗ול לְכָל־שָׂרָיו֙ וַעֲבָדָ֔יו אֵ֖ת מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה אֶסְתֵּ֑ר וַהֲנָחָ֤ה לַמְּדִינֹות֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וַיִּתֵּ֥ן מַשְׂאֵ֖ת כְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

ויעש המלך משתה גדול לכל שריו ועבדיו את משתה אסתר והנחה למדינות עשה ויתן משאת כיד המלך׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

E il re fece un gran convito a tutti i suoi baroni e servitori, cioè, il convito delle nozze di Ester; e sgravò le provincie, e fece presenti secondo il poter reale.

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

E il re fece un gran convito a tutti i suoi principi ed ai suoi servi, che fu il convito d’Ester; concedette sgravi alle province, e fece doni con munificenza di re.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

王はすべての高官と家臣のために、エステルの祝宴と呼ばれる盛大な宴を催した。また諸州に休日を布告し、王の気前のよさにふさわしく贈り物を配った。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

왕이 크게 잔치를 베푸니 이는 에스더를 위한 잔치라 모든 방백과 신복을 향응하고 또 각 도의 세금을 면제하고 왕의 풍부함을 따라 크게 상 주니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Na tokosra el oru sie kufwa lulap in akfulatyal Esther, ac el suli mwet fulat ac mwet leum lal nukewa. El oakiya len sac tuh in sie len lulap nu sin mutunfacl nukewa ma el leumi, ac el kitalik mwe sang yohk ma fal nu ke ouiya lun sie tokosra.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Et jussit convivium præparari permagnificum cunctis principibus et servis suis pro conjunctione et nuptiis Esther. Et dedit requiem universis provinciis, ac dona largitus est juxta magnificentiam principalem.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

و پادشاه ضیافت عظیمی یعنی ضیافت استر را برای همه روسا و خادمان خودبرپا نمود و به ولایتها راحت بخشیده، برحسب کرم ملوکانه خود، عطایا ارزانی داشت.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Então o rei deu um grande banquete para todos os seus príncipes e seus servos, o banquete de Ester; e ele proclamou um feriado nas províncias, e deu presentes de acordo com a generosidade do rei.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

Então o rei fez um grande banquete a todos seus príncipes e servos, o banquete de Ester; e deu repouso às províncias, e deu presentes, conforme a generosidade do rei.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Apoi împăratul a făcut un ospăţ mare tuturor prinţilor lui şi servitorilor lui, adică ospăţul Esterei; şi a dat o scutire provinciilor şi a dat daruri conform cu starea împăratului.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Ымпэратул а дат ун маре оспэц тутурор домниторилор ши служиторилор луй, ун оспэц ын чинстя Естерей. Ку прилежул ачеста а ушурат сарчиниле цинутурилор ши а ымпэрцит дарурь ку о дэрничие ымпэрэтяскэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

И сделал царь большой пир для всех князей своих и для служащих при нем, - пир ради Есфири, и сделал льготу областям и раздал дары с царственною щедростью.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

I učini car veliku gozbu svim knezovima svojim i slugama svojim radi Jestire, i pokloni zemljama olakšice, i razdade darove kako car može.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

И учини цар велику гозбу свим кнезовима својим и слугама својим ради Јестире, и поклони земљама олакшице, и раздаде дарове како цар може.

Mashi Bible ☆

Mwâmi anacijira olusiku lukulu bwenêne oku barhambo n’oku barhumisi bâge boshi lyo lyàli idinye lya Esteri, amarhambo gâge goshi gahumûka, na mwâmi anacivangulira binjà binji oku bantu b’omu bwâmi bwâge boshi. Mardokeyo na Hamani

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

Hizo luego el rey gran banquete á todos sus príncipes y siervos, el banquete de Esther; y alivió á las provincias, é hizo y dió mercedes conforme á la facultad real.

Spanish BLL ☆

Luego el rey ofreció un gran banquete en honor de Ester para todos sus funcionarios y servidores. También declaró un día de descanso en las provincias y repartió regalos con generosidad real.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

Hizo luego el rey un gran banquete a todos sus príncipes y siervos, el banquete de Ester; y alivió las cargas a las provincias, y dio mercedes conforme a la generosidad real.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Entonces el rey dio una gran fiesta para todos sus capitanes y sus siervos, en honor a Ester; y dio órdenes a través de todas las provincias de su reino para un día de descanso en el trabajo, y dio riqueza de su tesoro.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El rey celebró un gran banquete para todos sus magistrados y servidores: el banquete de Ester. Condonó tributos a las provincias y dio presentes según la generosidad del rey.

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Revised West Version ☆

Pea naʻe fai ai ʻe he tuʻi ʻae kātoanga lahi ki heʻene ngaahi houʻeiki kotoa pē mo ʻene kau tamaioʻeiki, ʻio, ko e kātoanga ʻo Eseta: pea naʻa ne fai ʻae vetepōpula ʻi hono ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻo ne fai ʻae ngaahi foaki, ʻo taau mo e monūʻia ʻoe tuʻi.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

І справив царь велику гостину всїм князям своїм і служачим при йому, — гостину задля Естери, й дав пільгу країнам та роздав подарунки з царською щедрістю.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

І справив царь велику гостину всїм князям своїм і служачим при йому, — гостину задля Естери, й дав пільгу країнам та роздав подарунки з царською щедрістю.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Đoạn, vua bày một tiệc lớn đãi các quan trưởng và thần bộc mình, tức tiệc yến của bà Ê-xơ-tê; vua rộng tha thuế cho các tỉnh, và ban thưởng xứng đáng theo bực giàu sang của vua.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

וַיַּ֨עַשׂ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ מִשְׁתֶּ֣ה גָד֗וֹל לְכָל־שָׂרָיו֙ וַעֲבָדָ֔יו אֵ֖ת מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה אֶסְתֵּ֑ר וַהֲנָחָ֤ה לַמְּדִינוֹת֙ עָשָׂ֔ה וַיִּתֵּ֥ן מַשְׂאֵ֖ת כְּיַ֥ד הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃