Esther 9:5
3 And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
4 For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
7 including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
- KJV
- Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
- WEB
- The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.
- ASV
- And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.
- DARBY
- And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.
- BLB
- And the Jews struck in all their enemies a blow of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and they did to those hating them according to their pleasure.
- ÅB
- Så slo da jødene alle sine fiender med sverd og død og undergang, og de gjorde som de ville, mot dem som hatet dem.
- OTB
- Jødene slo alle sine fiender med sverdet, drepte og ødela dem, og de gjorde som de ønsket med dem som hatet dem.
- B1930
- Så slo da jødene alle sine fiender med sverd og død og undergang, og de gjorde som de vilde, mot dem som hatet dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 18:47–48
the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
Read in contextJeremiah 18:21
Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
Read in contextPsalms 149:6–9
May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,
Read in contextPsalms 18:34–40
He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
Read in contextPsalms 20:7–8
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:6
After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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