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Esther 3:9

Money and wealth

7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

8 Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.

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.

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

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
ASV
If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the [king`s] business, to bring it into the king`s treasuries.
DARBY
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have charge of the affairs, to bring [it] into the king's treasuries.
BLB
If upon the king [it is] good, let it be written for them to perish, and ten thousand talents of silver I will weigh out into the hands of those doing the work, to bring [it] into the treasuries of the king.”
ÅB
Dersom det tykkes kongen godt, så la det bli utferdiget en skrivelse om at de skal utryddes; og jeg skal da kunne tilveie embedsmennene ti tusen talenter sølv til å legge i kongens skattkammer.
OTB
Hvis det behager kongen, la det utstedes et dekret om å ødelegge dem, og jeg vil betale ti tusen talenter sølv i hendene på dem som styrer kongens affærer for den kongelige skattkammeret."
B1930
Dersom det tykkes kongen godt, så la det bli utferdiget en skrivelse om at de skal utryddes; og jeg skal da kunne tilveie embedsmennene ti tusen talenter sølv til å legge i kongens skattkammer.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 23:16

    Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

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  • Matthew 18:24

    As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.

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