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Esther 8:11

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Wherein the king granted the Jews which [were] in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, [both] little ones and women, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey,

Wherein the king {H4428} granted {H5414} the Jews {H3064} which were in every city {H5892} to gather themselves together {H6950}, and to stand {H5975} for their life {H5315}, to destroy {H8045}, to slay {H2026}, and to cause to perish {H6}, all the power {H2428} of the people {H5971} and province {H4082} that would assault {H6696} them, both little ones {H2945} and women {H802}, and to take the spoil {H7998} of them for a prey {H962},

The letters said that the king had granted the Jews in every city the right "to assemble and defend their lives by destroying, killing and exterminating any forces of any people or province that would attack them, their little ones or their women or would try to seize their goods as plunder

By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

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Cross-References

  • Esther 3:13 (8 votes)

    And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, [even] upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey.

  • Psalms 37:14 (8 votes)

    The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.

  • Psalms 37:15 (8 votes)

    Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.

  • Psalms 146:6 (6 votes)

    Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever:

  • Psalms 146:9 (6 votes)

    The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

  • Ezekiel 39:10 (6 votes)

    So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down [any] out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

  • Psalms 137:8 (5 votes)

    O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.