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Esther 1:21 Bible in Basic English | 67 Bible versions Compare

Esther 1

21 The king and his officials liked this idea, and the king did what Memucan suggested.

Esther 1

21 The king and his important officials were happy with this advice, so King Xerxes did as Memucan suggested.

Esther 1

21 And the word was good in the eyes of the sovereign and the princes, and the sovereign did according to the word of Memuḵan.

Esther 1

21 The matter pleased the king and the princes. So the king did according to the word of Memucan.

Esther 1

21 King Xerxes and his officials liked what Memucan had said,

Esther 1

21 The king and his officials liked this idea, and the king did what Memucan suggested.

Esther 1

21 And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

Esther 1

21 The question is this: Which is the wisest course for the Latter-day Saints to pursue-to continue to attempt to practice plural marriage, with the laws of the nation against it and the opposition of sixty millions of people, and at the cost of the confiscation and loss of all the Temples, and the stopping of all the ordinances therein, both for the living and the dead, and the imprisonment of the First Presidency and Twelve and the heads of families in the Church, and the confiscation of personal property of the people (all of which of themselves would stop the practice); or, after doing and suffering what we have through our adherence to this principle to cease the practice and submit to the law, and through doing so leave the Prophets, Apostles and fathers at home, so that they can instruct the people and attend to the duties of the Church, and also leave the Temples in the hands of the Saints, so that they can attend to the ordinances of the Gospel, both for the living and the dead?

Esther 1

21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed.

Esther 1

21 The king and his officials liked this idea, and the king did what Memucan suggested.