Esther 9:5
New International Version
The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

New Living Translation
So the Jews went ahead on the appointed day and struck down their enemies with the sword. They killed and annihilated their enemies and did as they pleased with those who hated them.

English Standard Version
The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.

Berean Standard Bible
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, with slaughter and destruction, and did what they pleased with those who hated them.

New American Standard Bible
So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

NASB 1995
Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

NASB 1977
Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and causing them to perish; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Amplified Bible
So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Christian Standard Bible
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them. They did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them. They did what they pleased to those who hated them.

American Standard Version
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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And the Jews struck a blow of the sword and of slaughter and of destruction at all their enemies, and they did according to their will with their haters.

Contemporary English Version
The Jews took their swords and did away with their enemies, without showing any mercy.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then with their swords, the Jews attacked all their enemies, killing them, destroying them, and doing whatever they pleased to those who hated them.

Good News Translation
So the Jews could do what they wanted with their enemies. They attacked them with swords and slaughtered them.

International Standard Version
The Jewish people struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did with their enemies as they pleased.

JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Literal Standard Version
And the Jews strike among all their enemies—a striking of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction—and do with those hating them according to their pleasure,

Majority Standard Bible
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

New American Bible
The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; they did to those who hated them as they pleased.

NET Bible
The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, bringing death and destruction, and they did as they pleased with their enemies.

New Revised Standard Version
So the Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering, and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus 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.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
And the Jews smite among all their enemies -- a smiting of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction -- and do with those hating them according to their pleasure,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Jews Destroy Their Enemies
4For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful. 5The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them. 6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,…

Cross References
Esther 3:13
And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews--young and old, women and children--and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.

Esther 9:6
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,


Treasury of Scripture

Thus 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.

smote.

Psalm 18:34-40,47,48
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms…

Psalm 20:7,8
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God…

Psalm 149:6-9
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; …

the stroke.

Jeremiah 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.

what they would.

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Esther 9
1. The Jews slay their enemies, with the ten sons of Haman.
12. Xerxes, at the request of Esther,
14. grants another day of slaughter, and Haman's sons to be hanged.
20. The two days of Purim are instituted.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The Jews
הַיְּהוּדִים֙ (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish

put
וַיַּכּ֤וּ (way·yak·kū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5221: To strike

all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

their enemies
אֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם (’ō·yə·ḇê·hem)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

to the sword,
חֶ֥רֶב (ḥe·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

killing
וְהֶ֖רֶג (wə·he·reḡ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2027: A slaughter

and destroying them,
וְאַבְדָ֑ן (wə·’aḇ·ḏān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 12: A perishing

and they did
וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ (way·ya·‘ă·śū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

what they pleased
כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃ (kir·ṣō·w·nām)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7522: Goodwill, favor, acceptance, will

to those who hated them.
בְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖ם (ḇə·śō·nə·’ê·hem)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8130: To hate


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