Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 .
On
that day hath
the
king Ahasuerus
given
to
Esther the queen
the
house
of Haman, adversary
of the Jews ,
and Mordecai hath
come
in
before
the king,
for
Esther hath
declared
what
he
`is'
to her ,
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
the king turneth
aside
his
signet ,
that
he hath
caused
to
pass
away
from Haman ,
and giveth
it to Mordecai ,
and Esther setteth
Mordecai over the house
of Haman.
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 .
And Esther addeth,
and
speaketh
before
the king ,
and
falleth
before
his feet ,
and weepeth,
and
maketh
supplication
to
him ,
to cause
the evil of Haman the Agagite to
pass
away
, and
his
device
that
he had devised against the Jews ;
The king extended
the
gold
scepter
toward
Esther, and she
arose
and stood
before the king .
and
the king holdeth
out
to
Esther the
golden
sceptre
, and Esther
riseth,
and standeth
before the king ,
“
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 .
and
saith,
`
If to
the king `it
be'
good
, and if I have found grace
before
him
, and the thing
hath
been
right
before
the king, and I `be'
good
in his eyes
, let
it
be written to bring
back
the letters --
a
device
of
Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite --
that
he
wrote to destroy the Jews who
`are'
in all provinces of
the
king,
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? ”
for how do
I endure
when
I
have
looked
on
the evil
that doth
find
my people? and
how do
I endure
when
I
have
looked
on
the destruction of my kindred? '
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 .
And
the
king Ahasuerus
saith
to Esther the queen ,
and to
Mordecai the Jew, `Lo
, the
house
of
Haman
I have given to Esther, and him
they
have
hanged on the tree,
because that
he put
forth
his
hand
on
the Jews ,
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
. ”
and
ye,
write ye
for
the
Jews,
as
`it
is'
good
in your
eyes,
in
the name of
the king
, and seal with the signet of
the
king
--
for the
writing
that is written in the name of the king ,
and sealed with the signet of
the
king,
there
is
none
to
turn
back
. '
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 the scribes
of the king
are
called,
at
that
time,
in
the
third month --
it
`is'
the month of Sivan --
in
the
three
and
twentieth
of it,
and
it
is
written,
according
to all
that
Mordecai
hath
commanded,
unto
the Jews ,
and unto
the lieutenants
, and
the
governors, and the
heads
of the provinces ,
that
`are'
from Hodu
even
unto
Cush ,
seven
and
twenty
and
a
hundred
provinces
--
province and
province
according
to
its writing
, and
people and people
according
to its
tongue,
and
unto
the Jews according
to
their writing,
and according
to
their
tongue
.
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 .
And
he
writeth
in the name of the
king Ahasuerus,
and sealeth
with the signet of
the king,
and
sendeth
letters
by the
hand
of
the
runners
with
horses ,
riders
of
the dromedary,
the
mules,
the
young
mares ,
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
.
that
the king hath
given
to
the Jews who
`are'
in every city and
city,
to be
assembled,
and to
stand
for
their
life
, to cut
off
, to
slay
, and to
destroy
the whole
force
of the
people and
province who
are
distressing
them, infants
and women
, and their spoil
to
seize
.
The
single
day appointed
throughout
all the provinces of King Xerxes
was
the thirteenth day
of the twelfth month ,
the month of Adar .
In
one
day ,
in
all the provinces of the
king Ahasuerus,
on
the thirteenth of the twelfth month --
it
`is'
the month of Adar --
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.
a copy of the writing
to be made
law
in every province and province
is
revealed
to all the peoples
, and
for
the Jews being
ready at
this
day to be
avenged
of
their enemies.
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
.
The runners,
riding
on the
dromedary
, `and'
the
mules,
have
gone
out,
hastened
and
pressed by the word
of the king ,
and the law
hath
been
given
in Shushan
the palace
.
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 .
And
Mordecai went out from before
the king ,
in royal clothing
of blue and white, and
a great
crown of
gold,
and a garment
of fine linen and purple,
and
the city of Shushan
hath
rejoiced and
been
glad;
For
the Jews it
was
a
time
of
light and gladness, of
joy and honor.
to
the Jews hath
been
light ,
and gladness, and
joy ,
and honour,
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.
and
in every province and province,
and
in
every city and
city
, the place
where
the
word
of
the
king
, even
his
law,
is
coming,
gladness and
joy
`are'
to
the Jews, a
banquet,
and a
good
day;
and many of the peoples
of the land are
becoming
Jews, for
a
fear of the Jews hath
fallen upon them.
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