Esther 1:12

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by [his] chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

But the queen {H4436} Vashti {H2060} refused {H3985} to come {H935} at the king's {H4428} commandment {H1697} by {H3027} his chamberlains {H5631}: therefore was the king {H4428} very {H3966} wroth {H7107}, and his anger {H2534} burned {H1197} in him.

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the order of the king, which he had sent through his officers. This enraged the king - his anger blazed inside him.

Queen Vashti, however, refused to come at the king’s command brought by his eunuchs. And the king became furious, and his anger burned within him.

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 19:12 (6 votes)

    ¶ The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.

  • 1 Peter 3:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ Likewise, ye wives, [be] in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;

  • Daniel 3:13 (2 votes)

    Then Nebuchadnezzar in [his] rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.

  • Deuteronomy 29:20 (2 votes)

    The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

  • Exodus 32:19 (2 votes)

    And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount.

  • Psalms 79:5 (2 votes)

    How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

  • Exodus 32:22 (2 votes)

    And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they [are set] on mischief.