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Esther 3:11

Haman

9 If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”

10 So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”

12 On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.

13 And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

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BSB
“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
KJV
And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
WEB
The king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
ASV
And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
DARBY
And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as seems good to thee.
BLB
And the king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, and the people, to do with them as [is] good in your eyes.”
ÅB
og sa til ham: Sølvet skal være ditt, og med folket kan du gjøre som du finner for godt.
OTB
Kongen sa til Haman: "Behold sølvet, og gjør med folket som du vil."
B1930
og sa til ham: Sølvet skal være ditt, og med folket kan du gjøre som du finner for godt.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 40:4

    But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”

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  • Jeremiah 26:14

    As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.

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  • Luke 23:25

    As they had requested, he released the one imprisoned for insurrection and murder, and handed Jesus over to their will.

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  • Psalms 73:7

    From their prosperity proceeds iniquity; the imaginations of their hearts run wild.

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