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Esther 3:11

Haman

9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

10 And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.

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.

12 Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.

13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

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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

    And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.

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  • Jeremiah 26:14

    As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.

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  • Luke 23:25

    And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

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  • Psalms 73:7

    Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

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