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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Esther 1:7 Catholic Bible: Drinks were served in gold cups, no two of them alike, and the king was generous with the royal wine. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/esther/1-7.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/esther/1-7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/esther/1-7.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/esther/1.htm">Esther</a> > <a href="/gntd/esther/1.htm">Chapter 1</a> > Verse 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../esther/1-6.htm" title="Esther 1:6">◄</a> Esther 1:7 <a href="../esther/1-8.htm" title="Esther 1:8">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/esther/1.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/esther/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Drinks were served in gold cups, no two of them alike, and the king was generous with the royal wine. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/esther/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Drinks were served in golden goblets, goblets of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/esther/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The guests drank from gold cups, and each cup had a different design. The king was generous <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/esther/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Drinks were served in a variety of golden cups, and the royal wine flowed freely, as befitted the king’s liberality.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/esther/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they that were invited, drank in golden cups, and the meats were brought in divers vessels one after another. Wine also in abundance and of the best was presented, as was worthy of a king's magnificence.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And they that were invited, drank in golden cups, and the meats were brought in divers vessels one after another. Wine also in abundance and of the best was presented, as was worthy of a king's magnificence.</p><p class="hdg">vessels of gold.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/10-21.htm">1 Kings 10:21</a> Moreover, all the vessels out of which king Solomon drank, were of gold: and all the furniture of the house of the forest of Libanus was of most pure gold: there was no silver, nor was any account made of it in the days of Solomon:</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/9-20.htm">2 Chronicles 9:20</a> And all the vessels of the king's table were of gold, and the vessels of the house of the forest of Libanus were of the purest gold. For no account was made of silver in those days.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../daniel/5-2.htm">Daniel 5:2-4</a> And being now drunk, he commanded that they should bring the vessels of gold and silver, which Nabuchodonosor, his father, had brought away out of the temple, that was in Jerusalem, that the king and his nobles, and his wives, and his concubines, might drink in them. . . . </p><p class="hdg">royal wine.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/esther/1.htm">Xerxes' Royal Feast</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>And there were hung up on every side sky coloured, and green, and violet hangings, fastened with cords of silk, and of purple, which were put into rings of ivory, and were held up with marble pillars. The beds also were of gold and silver, placed in order upon a floor paved with porphyry and white marble: which was embellished with painting of wonderful variety. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl">And they that were invited, drank in golden cups, and the meats were brought in divers vessels one after another. Wine also in abundance and of the best was presented, as was worthy of a king's magnificence.</span><span class="reftext">8</span>Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not willing, but as the king had appointed, who set over every table one of his nobles, that every man might take what he would.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/4-24.htm">Matthew 4:24</a></span><br />And his fame went throughout all Syria, and they presented to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and such as were possessed by devils, and lunatics, and those that had the palsy, and he cured them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../esther/1-8.htm">Esther 1:8</a></span><br />Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not willing, but as the king had appointed, who set over every table one of his nobles, that every man might take what he would.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../esther/2-18.htm">Esther 2:18</a></span><br />And he commanded a magnificent feast to be prepared for all the princes, and for his servants, for the marriage and wedding of Esther. And he gave rest to all the provinces, and bestowed gifts according to princely magnificence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/nehemiah/9-25.htm">Abundance</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-37.htm">Abundant</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-36.htm">Bounty</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-8.htm">Different</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-14.htm">Diverse</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-11.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-2.htm">Freely</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-20.htm">Goblets</a> <a href="/esther/1-6.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/ezra/6-5.htm">Golden</a> <a href="/ezra/7-13.htm">Including</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-17.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-20.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/esther/1-4.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/esther/1-5.htm">King's</a> <a href="/ephesians/1-8.htm">Lavished</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-27.htm">Plentiful</a> <a href="/esther/1-4.htm">Royal</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-26.htm">Served</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-13.htm">State</a> <a href="/nehemiah/11-3.htm">Various</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-15.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-9.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/esther/5-11.htm">Abundance</a> <a href="/job/22-5.htm">Abundant</a> <a href="/esther/2-18.htm">Bounty</a> <a href="/esther/3-8.htm">Different</a> <a href="/esther/3-8.htm">Diverse</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/job/6-4.htm">Drinks</a> <a href="/job/34-7.htm">Freely</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-5.htm">Goblets</a> <a href="/esther/8-4.htm">Gold</a> <a href="/esther/4-11.htm">Golden</a> <a href="/esther/4-7.htm">Including</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Keeping</a> <a href="/psalms/45-13.htm">Kinds</a> <a href="/esther/1-14.htm">Kingdom</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">King's</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-24.htm">Lavished</a> <a href="/job/27-16.htm">Plentiful</a> <a href="/esther/1-9.htm">Royal</a> <a href="/esther/1-10.htm">Served</a> <a href="/job/23-4.htm">State</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Various</a> <a href="/job/28-17.htm">Vessel</a> <a href="/job/28-17.htm">Vessels</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Wine</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/esther/1-7.htm">Esther 1:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/esther/1-7.htm">Esther 1:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/esther/1-7.htm">Esther 1:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/esther/1-7.htm">Esther 1:7 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/esther/1-7.htm">Esther 1:7 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/esther/1-7.htm">Esther 1:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/esther/1-7.htm">Esther 1:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/esther/1-7.htm">Esther 1:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/esther/1-7.htm">Esther 1:7 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: abundant according and bounty different Drinks each from goblets gold golden in keeping kinds king's liberality of one other plentiful royal served the to various vessels was were Wine with<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/esther/1-7.htm">OT History: Esther 1:7 They gave them drinks in golden vessels (Est Esth. 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