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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
After these events,
King Xerxes
honored
Haman son of Hammedatha ,
the Agagite, elevating
him to
a
position
above all the princes
who were
with him .
After these things
hath
the
king Ahasuerus
exalted
Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and
lifteth
him up,
and
setteth
his
throne
above all the heads
who `are'
with him ,
All the
royal
servants at
the king’s
gate bowed
down
and paid
homage
to Haman, because
the king had
commanded that
this
be
done
for him .
But
Mordecai would
not bow down
or
pay
homage
.
and
all servants of
the king,
who
`are'
in
the
gate of
the
king,
are
bowing
and doing
obeisance
to Haman, for
so
hath
the king commanded for him ;
and
Mordecai doth
not bow nor
do
obeisance
.
Then
the royal
servants at
the king’s
gate asked
Mordecai, “Why
do
you
disobey
the command of the king? ”
And
the servants of
the king,
who
`are'
in
the
gate of
the
king,
say
to
Mordecai, `Wherefore
`art'
thou
transgressing
the command of the king? '
Day after
day they
warned
him
, but
he would
not comply.
So
they reported
it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s
behavior
would
be
tolerated
, since
he had
told
them he was
a Jew.
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
in
their
speaking
unto
him,
day by
day, and
he hath
not hearkened
unto
them,
that
they declare
`
it '
to Haman ,
to see whether the
words
of
Mordecai
do
stand
, for
he hath
declared
to
them that
he `is'
a Jew.
When
Haman saw
that Mordecai would
not bow
down
or
pay
him homage
, he
was
filled
with
rage.
And
Haman seeth
that Mordecai is
not bowing
and
doing
obeisance
to
him, and
Haman
is
full
of
fury,
And when
he
learned
the
identity
of
Mordecai’s
people
, he
scorned
the notion
of laying
hands
on
Mordecai alone.
Instead
, he
sought
to destroy all of
Mordecai’s
people,
the Jews ,
throughout
the kingdom of Xerxes
.
and it
is
contemptible
in
his
eyes
to
put
forth
a
hand
on
Mordecai
by
himself
, for
they
have
declared
to
him
the people
of Mordecai, and
Haman
seeketh
to destroy all the Jews who
`are'
in
all
the kingdom of Ahasuerus
--
the
people
of
Mordecai
.
In the twelfth
year
of
King
Xerxes,
in
the
first month ,
the month of Nisan ,
the Pur (that is ,
the lot) was
cast
before Haman to determine
a
day and month .
And
the
lot
fell
on
the twelfth month
, the month of Adar.
In the first month --
it
`is'
the month of Nisan --
in
the twelfth
year
of
the
king
Ahasuerus,
hath
one
caused
to
fall
Pur (that `
is '
the lot) before Haman ,
from
day
to day ,
and from
month to
month,
`to'
the twelfth, it
`is'
the month of Adar.
Then
Haman informed
King Xerxes
, “
There is a
certain
people scattered and dispersed
among the peoples of
every
province
of your
kingdom .
Their laws are different
from everyone
else’s
, and they do
not obey
the king’s
laws.
So
it is not in
the
king’s
best
interest
to tolerate
them .
And
Haman saith
to
the
king Ahasuerus
, `
There is one
people scattered and separated
among the peoples ,
in
all
provinces
of thy
kingdom ,
and
their laws `
are '
diverse
from all
people
, and the
laws
of
the
king
they are
not doing,
and
for
the king
it is not profitable
to suffer
them ;
If it
pleases
the king, let a
decree
be issued
to destroy them, and I
will
deposit
ten thousand talents of silver into the royal
treasury
to
pay
those who
carry
it out
. ”
if to
the king `it
be'
good
, let it
be written
to destroy them, and ten thousand talents of silver I
weigh
into the hands
of
those doing
the
work,
to
bring
`
it '
in
unto
the
treasuries
of
the
king
. '
So
the king removed
the
signet ring
from his finger
and gave
it to Haman son of Hammedatha ,
the Agagite, the
enemy
of the Jews .
And
the king turneth
aside
his
signet from off
his hand,
and giveth
it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary
of the Jews ;
“Keep
your
money,”
said
the king to Haman .
“These
people
are
given to you
to do with them
as you
please
. ”
and
the king saith
to Haman ,
`The
silver
is
given to thee,
and
the
people,
to do with it
as `it
is'
good
in
thine
eyes
. '
On
the
thirteenth
day
of the first month, the royal
scribes
were
summoned
and the
order
was
written exactly
as
Haman commanded the royal
satraps
, the governors of
each
province, and the officials
of each
people, in
the
script
of
each
province and the
language
of
every
people .
It
was
written
in the name of King Xerxes
and sealed with the royal
signet ring.
And
scribes
of the king
are
called,
on
the
first month, on
the thirteenth
day
of
it,
and it
is
written according
to
all
that
Haman hath
commanded ,
unto
lieutenants
of
the king
, and
unto
the governors who
`are'
over
province and
province
, and unto
the heads
of people and
people
, province and province,
according
to
its
writing,
and
people and
people
according
to
its
tongue,
in the name of the
king Ahasuerus
it
hath
been
written
and sealed with the signet of
the
king,
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 .
and letters to
be
sent by the
hand
of the runners
unto
all
provinces of
the king,
to cut
off
, to
slay
, and to
destroy
all the Jews ,
from
young even
unto
old, infant
and women,
on one
day, on
the thirteenth of the twelfth month --
it
`is'
the
month
of
Adar
--
and
their
spoil
to
seize,
A copy of the text
of
the
edict
was
to be issued
in every province and published
to all the people
, so
that
they
would
be ready on
that
day.
a copy of the writing
to be made
law
in every province and province
is
revealed
to all the peoples
, to
be ready for
this
day.
The couriers
left
, spurred
on
by the king’s
command
, and the edict
was
issued
in the citadel
of
Susa.
Then
the king and Haman sat down to drink, but
the city of
Susa
was
in
confusion
.
The runners
have
gone
forth
, hastened
by the word
of
the
king
, and the law
hath
been
given
in Shushan
the palace,
and
the king and Haman have
sat down to drink, and
the city Shushan
is
perplexed
.
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