Esther 1:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

There were white, green, and blue hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, blue, white, and black marble.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    The garden was decorated with fine white and blue linen fastened with cords of linen and purple material to silver rods on marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of alabaster, marble, mother-of-pearl, and other costly stones.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    [ There were hangings of] white [cloth], [of] green, and [of] blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    where there hanged whyte, reed & yalow clothes, fastened with coardes of lynnen and scarlet in siluer rynges, vpon pylers of Marble stone. The benches were of golde and siluer made vpon a pauement of grene, white, yalowe and black Marble.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Vnder an hanging of white, greene, & blue clothes, fastened with cordes of fine linen & purple, in siluer rings, & pillars of marble: the beds were of golde, and of siluer vpon a pauement of porphyre, & marble & alabaster, & blue colour.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Where there hanged white, greene, and yelowe clothes, fastened with cordes of fine silke and purple, in siluer ringes, vpon pillers of marble stones: The benches also were of golde and siluer made vpon a pauement of greene, white, yelowe, and blacke marble.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    [Where were] white, green, and blue, [hangings], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds [were of] gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    [There were hangings of] white [cloth], [of] green, and [of] blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    white linen, white cotton, and blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple on rings of silver, and pillars of marble, couches of gold, and of silver, on a pavement of smaragdus, and white marble, and mother-of-pearl, and black marble --

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    `There were hangings of' white `cloth', `of' green, and `of' blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    [ There were hangings of] white [cloth], [of] green, and [of] blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    There were fair hangings of white and green and blue, fixed with cords of purple and the best linen to silver rings and pillars of polished stone: the seats were of gold and silver on a floor of red and white and yellow and black stone.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    There were hangings of white, green, and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The furnishings included white linen and blue curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 23:41 : 41 And sat upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, upon which you set my incense and my oil.
  • Amos 6:4 : 4 Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
  • Esth 7:8 : 8 Then the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the wine banquet; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, Will he also assault the queen before me in the house? As the words came out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
  • Esth 8:15 : 15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
  • Exod 26:1 : 1 Moreover, you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet; with cherubim of skillful work shall you make them.
  • Exod 26:31-32 : 31 And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen; with cherubim shall it be made, of skillful work. 32 And you shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.
  • Exod 26:36-37 : 36 And you shall make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen, worked with needlework. 37 And you shall make for the hanging five pillars of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold; and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.
  • Amos 2:8 : 8 They lie down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god.

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    7And they gave them drink in vessels of gold (the vessels being different one from another), and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

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    2In those days, when King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

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    4When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty for many days, even a hundred and eighty days.

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    16All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen.

    17The sockets for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals was of silver; and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver.

    18The hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen; it was twenty cubits long, and the height along its width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

    19Their pillars were four, and their sockets of bronze four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their bands of silver.

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    15And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.

  • Exod 26:36-37
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    36And you shall make a hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen, worked with needlework.

    37And you shall make for the hanging five pillars of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold; and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them.

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  • Exod 36:35-38
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    35And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finely twisted linen: he made it with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman.

    36And he made four pillars of acacia wood for it, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were gold, and he cast four silver sockets for them.

    37And he made a screen for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and finely twisted linen, of needlework;

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  • Exod 27:16-17
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    16And for the gate of the court there shall be a curtain twenty cubits long, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer; its pillars shall be four, and their bases four.

    17All the pillars around the court shall be connected with silver bands; their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.

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    17The king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold.

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    5And they shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine linen,

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    14And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and worked cherubim on it.

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    8And every wise-hearted man among them who did the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of finely twisted linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: he made them with cherubim, the work of a skilled craftsman.

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    31And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen; with cherubim shall it be made, of skillful work.

    32And you shall hang it upon four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.

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    8Then the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the wine banquet; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, Will he also assault the queen before me in the house? As the words came out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

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    41And sat upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, upon which you set my incense and my oil.

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    3Then they brought the gold vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them.

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    40The hangings of the court, its pillars, and its sockets, and the screen for the court gate, its cords, and its pegs, and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting,

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    4Who lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;