19 ⌊If it pleases⌋q the king, let ⌊a royal edict⌋r go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media so that it will not be altered, that Vashti cannot come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to her neighbor who is better than she. 20 And let the king’s decree that he will make be proclaimed in all his kingdom, because it is vast and all the women will honor their husbands, great and small.”s

21 ⌊This advice pleased the king⌋t and the officials, and the king acted according to the word of Memucan. 22 And he sent letters to all the provinces of the king, to each province according to its own script, and to every people in their own ⌊language⌋,u that every man should be the master of his house and who speaks in the ⌊language⌋v of his people.