Esther 9:5
3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
4 For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
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.
6 And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and 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
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
Read in contextJeremiah 18:21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
Read in contextPsalms 149:6–9
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
Read in contextPsalms 18:34–40
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
Read in contextPsalms 20:7–8
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 1:6
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
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