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Esther 9:25

Esther

23 So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.

24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.

But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

26 Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,

27 the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.

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BSB
But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
KJV
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
WEB
but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plan, which he had planned against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
ASV
but when [the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
DARBY
and when [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.
BLB
And when she came in before the face of the king, he said with the letter [that] his evil plot, which he had plotted against the Jews, should return [back] upon his own head, and [that] he and his sons should be hanged on the tree.
ÅB
men da det kom kongen for øre, hadde han ved et brev påbudt at det onde råd han hadde lagt opp mot jødene, skulle vende tilbake på hans eget hode, så han selv og hans sønner ble hengt i galgen.
OTB
Men da saken kom kongen for øre, utstedte han skriftlige ordrer om at den onde planen Haman hadde utformet mot jødene skulle vende tilbake på hans eget hode, og at han og hans sønner skulle henges på galger.
B1930
men da det kom kongen for øre, hadde han ved et brev påbudt at det onde råd han hadde lagt op mot jødene, skulde vende tilbake på hans eget hode, så han selv og hans sønner blev hengt i galgen.

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