Esther 1:13
“¶ Then the king saide to the wise men, which knew the times (for so was the Kings maner towards all that knew law, and iudgement:”
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Esther 1:13 Context
11To bring Uasthi the Queene before the king, with the Crowne royall, to shew the people, and the Princes her beautie: for she was faire to looke on. 12But the Queene Uasthi refused to come at the Kings commandement by his chamberlens: therefore was the King very wroth, and his anger burned in him. 13¶ Then the king saide to the wise men, which knew the times (for so was the Kings maner towards all that knew law, and iudgement: 14And the next vnto him, was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshis, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seuen Princes of Persia, and Media, which saw the Kings face, and which sate the first in the kingdome.) 15What shall wee doe vnto the Queene Uasthi, according to law, because she hath not performed the commandement of the king Ahasuerus, by the chamberlens?
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Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so [was] the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:
- King James Version
Then the king said to the wise men who understood the times--for it was the custom of the king so {to speak} before all who knew law and justice
- New American Standard Version (1995)