Esther 1:7 “Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a diff…”

Esther 1:7

Beverages were served in an array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine flowed freely, according to the king’s bounty.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

World English Bible

They gave them drinks in golden vessels of various kinds, including royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

American Standard Version

And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they gaue them drinke in vessels of golde, and changed vessel after vessel, and royall wine in abundance according to the power of the King.

Darby Translation

And they gave drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being diverse one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the king's bounty.

Young's Literal Translation

and the giving of drink in vessels of gold, and the vessels [are] divers vessels, and the royal wine [is] abundant, as a memorial of the king.

Bible in Basic English

And they gave them drink in gold vessels, every vessel being different, and wine of the kingdom, freely given by the king.

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Cross references

“vessels of gold”

Daniel 5:2–4 1 Kings 10:21 2 Chronicles 9:20

Daniel 5:2–4 · BSB

Under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar gave orders to bring in the gold and silver vessels that Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king could drink from them, along with hi…

1 Kings 10:21 · BSB

All King Solomon’s drinking cups were gold, and all the utensils of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. There was no silver, because it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.

2 Chronicles 9:20 · BSB

Also

Esther 2:18

Esther 2:18 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6Hangings of white and blue linen were fastened with cords of fine white and purple material to silver rings on the marble pillars. Gold and silver couches were arranged on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

8By order of the king, no limit was placed on the drinking, and every official of his household was to serve each man whatever he desired.

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