King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
Complete Jewish Bible:
For how can I bear to see the disaster that will overcome my people? How can I endure seeing the extermination of my kinsmen?"
Berean Standard Bible:
For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
American Standard Version:
for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
For how{H349} can I endure{H3201} to see{H7200} the evil{H7451} that shall come{H4672} unto my people{H5971}? or how{H349} can I endure{H3201} to see{H7200} the destruction{H13} of my kindred{H4138}?
Cross-References (KJV):
Esther 7:4
- For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
Romans 10:1
- ¶ Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.
Romans 9:2
- That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
Romans 9:3
- For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Nehemiah 2:3
- And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, [lieth] waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
Luke 19:41
- ¶ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,
Luke 19:42
- Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things [which belong] unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
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Commentary for Esther 8:6
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H349
There are 260 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֵיךְ
Transliteration: ʼêyk
Pronunciation: ake
Description: also אֵיכָה ; and אֵיכָכָה ; prolonged from אַי; how? or how!; also where; how, what. - Strong's Number: H3201
There are 182 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יָכֹל
Transliteration: yâkôl
Pronunciation: yaw-kole'
Description: or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might); be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer. - Strong's Number: H7200
There are 1212 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָאָה
Transliteration: râʼâh
Pronunciation: raw-aw'
Description: a primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative); advise self, appear, approve, behold, [idiom] certainly, consider, discern, (make to) enjoy, have experience, gaze, take heed, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] joyfully, lo, look (on, one another, one on another, one upon another, out, up, upon), mark, meet, [idiom] be near, perceive, present, provide, regard, (have) respect, (fore-, cause to, let) see(-r, -m, one another), shew (self), [idiom] sight of others, (e-) spy, stare, [idiom] surely, [idiom] think, view, visions. - Strong's Number: H7451
There are 623 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רַע
Transliteration: raʻ
Pronunciation: rah
Description: from רָעַע; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral); adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, [phrase] displease(-ure), distress, evil((-favouredness), man, thing), [phrase] exceedingly, [idiom] great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), [phrase] mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, [phrase] not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.). - Strong's Number: H4672
There are 425 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מָצָא
Transliteration: mâtsâʼ
Pronunciation: maw-tsaw'
Description: a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on. - Strong's Number: H5971
There are 1654 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עַם
Transliteration: ʻam
Pronunciation: am
Description: from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people. - Strong's Number: H13
There are 2447 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אׇבְדַן
Transliteration: ʼobdan
Pronunciation: ob-dawn'
Description: from אָבַד; a perishing; destruction. - Strong's Number: H4138
There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מוֹלֶדֶת
Transliteration: môwledeth
Pronunciation: mo-leh'-deth
Description: from יָלַד; nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family; begotten, born, issue, kindred, native(-ity).