Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
On
that day did
the
king Ahasuerus
give
the house
of Haman the Jews'
enemy unto
Esther
the queen
. And Mordecai came
before
the king;
for
Esther had told
what
he
was
unto
her.
That same
day King Xerxes
awarded
Queen
Esther
the estate
of Haman ,
the enemy of
the Jews
. And Mordecai entered
the king’s
presence
because
Esther had revealed
his
relation
to
her.
And
the king took
off
his
ring ,
which
he had taken
from Haman ,
and gave
it unto
Mordecai. And Esther set
Mordecai over the house
of Haman.
The king removed
the
signet
ring he had recovered
from Haman and presented
it to
Mordecai. And Esther appointed
Mordecai over the estate
of Haman.
And Esther
spake
yet
again before
the king ,
and
fell down
at his feet ,
and besought
him with
tears
to put
away
the mischief
of Haman the Agagite, and
his
device
that
he had devised against the Jews.
And once
again ,
Esther
addressed
the king .
She
fell at his feet weeping
and begged
him to revoke
the evil
scheme
of Haman the Agagite, which
he had devised against the Jews.
Then
the king held
out
to
Esther
the golden
sceptre.
So
Esther arose
, and stood before the king.
The king extended
the gold
scepter
toward
Esther, and she
arose
and
stood before the king.
And
she
said,
If it please
the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing
seem
right
before
the king, and I be
pleasing in his eyes
, let
it
be written to reverse
the letters devised
by
Haman,
the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which
he
wrote to destroy the Jews that
are
in all the king's
provinces :
“
If it pleases
the king, ”
she
said,
“
and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter
seems
proper
to
the king, and I am
pleasing in his sight
, may
an
order
be written to revoke
the letters that
the scheming
Haman
son of Hammedatha ,
the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s
provinces .
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?
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? ”
Then
the
king Ahasuerus
said unto
Esther the queen and to
Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the
house
of
Haman
, and him
they
have
hanged upon
the gallows ,
because he laid
his
hand
upon
the Jews.
So
King Xerxes
said to
Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “
Behold, I have given Haman’s
estate
to
Esther, and he
was
hanged on
the gallows because he attacked
the Jews.
Write ye
also
to
the Jews,
as it
pleaseth
you ,
in
the king's
name
, and seal it with the king's
ring ;
for the
writing
which
is written in the king's
name ,
and sealed with the king's
ring ,
may
no
man
reverse
.
Now
you
may
write in
the king’s
name
as you please
regarding
the Jews
, and seal it with the royal
signet
ring .
For a
decree
that
is written in the name of
the
king
and sealed with the royal
signet
ring cannot
be
revoked
. ”
Then
were
the king's
scribes called
at
that
time
, in
the third month Sivan, on
the
three
and
twentieth
`day'
thereof;
and
it
was
written
according
to
all that
Mordecai
commanded
unto
the Jews ,
and to the satraps, and
the
governors and princes of the provinces which
are
from India unto
Ethiopia,
a
hundred
twenty
and
seven
provinces,
unto
every
province
according
to the
writing thereof
, and
unto
every people after
their language, and to the Jews according
to
their writing,
and according
to
their
language.
At
once
the royal
scribes were
summoned
, and
on
the twenty-
third day
of
the
third
month (the
month
of
Sivan )
, they
recorded
all of
Mordecai’s
orders
to
the Jews and to the satraps, governors ,
and princes of the 127
provinces from India to Cush
—
writing to
each
province
in
its
own
script
, to
every people in
their own
language, and to the Jews in
their own
script
and language.
And
he
wrote the name of king Ahasuerus,
and sealed it with the king's
ring ,
and
sent letters
by post
on
horseback,
riding on swift steeds
that
were
used
in
the
king's
service,
bred of
the stud:
Mordecai
wrote in
the name of King Xerxes
and sealed it with the royal
signet
ring .
He
sent the
documents
by mounted
couriers
riding on swift horses
bred from
the royal
mares.
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,
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.
upon
one
day in
all the provinces of king Ahasuerus,
`namely',
upon
the thirteenth `
day '
of the twelfth month, which
is
the month Adar.
The
single
day appointed
throughout
all the provinces of King Xerxes
was
the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of
Adar.
A copy of the writing,
that
the decree
should
be given
out
in every province ,
was
published unto
all the peoples
, and
that the Jews should
be ready against
that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
A copy of the text
of
the edict
was
to
be issued
in every province and
published to
all the people
, so
that the Jews would
be ready on
that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
So
the posts
that
rode upon
swift
steeds
that
were
used
in
the
king's
service
went
out, being
hastened
and
pressed on by the king's
commandment;
and the decree
was given
out
in Shushan
the palace
.
The couriers
rode out in
haste
on
their
royal
horses
, pressed on by the command
of
the
king.
And the edict
was also
issued
in the citadel
of
Susa
.
And
Mordecai went forth
from the presence of the king in royal apparel
of blue and white, and
with a great
crown
of
gold ,
and with
a robe of fine linen and
purple:
and the city of Shushan
shouted and was
glad
.
Mordecai went out
from the presence of the king in royal garments
of blue and white, with a large
gold crown
and a purple
robe of fine linen .
And the city of Susa
shouted and rejoiced
.
The Jews had
light and gladness, and
joy and honor.
For
the Jews it
was
a
time
of
light and gladness, of
joy and honor.
And
in every province ,
and in
every city, whithersoever
the king's
commandment
and his
decree came
, the Jews had
gladness
and
joy
, a
feast
and a
good
day
. And many from
among
the peoples
of the land became Jews ;
for
the fear of the Jews was
fallen upon them.
In every province and every city, wherever
the king’s
edict
and decree reached
, there
was
joy
and
gladness
among
the Jews, with
feasting
and celebrating
. And many of
the people
of the land themselves
became Jews ,
because
the fear of the Jews had
fallen upon them.
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