Esther 1:21
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New International Version (©2011)
The king and his nobles were pleased with this advice, so the king did as Memukan proposed.

New Living Translation (©2007)
The king and his nobles thought this made good sense, so he followed Memucan's counsel.

English Standard Version (©2001)
This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
This word pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
The king and his counselors approved the proposal, and he followed Memucan's advice.

International Standard Version (©2012)
This seemed like a good idea to the king and his officials, so the king did what Memucan suggested.

NET Bible (©2006)
The matter seemed appropriate to the king and the officials. So the king acted on the advice of Memucan.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The king and his officials approved of this, and so the king did as Memucan suggested.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

American King James Version
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

American Standard Version
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Douay-Rheims Bible
His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.

Darby Bible Translation
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan.

English Revised Version
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Webster's Bible Translation
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

World English Bible
This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Young's Literal Translation
And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

1:10-22 Ahasuerus's feast ended in heaviness, by his own folly. Seasons of peculiar festivity often end in vexation. Superiors should be careful not to command what may reasonably be disobeyed. But when wine is in, men's reason departs from them. He that had rule over 127 provinces, had no rule over his own spirit. But whether the passion or the policy of the king was served by this decree, God's providence made way for Esther to the crown, and defeated Haman's wicked project, even before it had entered into his heart, and he arrived at his power. Let us rejoice that the Lord reigns, and will overrule the madness or folly of mankind to promote his own glory, and the safety and happiness of his people.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 21. - The king did according to the word of Memucan. This expression must not be pressed too closely. It does not imply more than that Memucan's advice was followed in a general way - Vashti disgraced, and the grounds of her disgrace published throughout the provinces. We cannot be sure that the decree was "written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes." Even if it was, it was always possible for a Persian king to give himself a dispensation from the law (see Herod., 3:58).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the saying pleased the king and the princes,.... The king, and the other six princes and counsellors, approved of the proposal, and unanimously agreed to it:

and the king did according to the word of Memucan; passed a law according to his advice, and signed and sealed it, and registered it among the laws of the kingdom, not to be revoked.

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Queen Vashti Deposed
…20And 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 honor, both to great and small. 21And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: 22For 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.

Esther 1:20 Then when the king's edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest."
Esther 1:22 He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, proclaiming that every man should be ruler over his own household, using his native tongue.