6 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?” 7 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. 8 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.”
Esther 8:6–8
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Greek Esther 8:6–8
6 For how could I see the affliction of my people, and how could I survive the destruction of my kindred?” (WEB) 7 Then the king said to Esther, “If I have given and freely granted you all that was Haman’s, and hanged him on a gallows because he laid his hands upon the… (WEB) 8 … (WEB)
Greek Esther 3:9–11
9 If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them, and I will remit into the king’s treasury ten thousand talents of silver.” (WEB) 10 So the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Haman to seal the decrees against the Jews. (WEB) 11 The king said… (WEB)
Esther 3:10–12
10 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. 11 “Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.” 12 On the thirteenth day of th…
Greek Esther 7:3–5
3 She answered and said, “If I have found favor in the sight of the king, let my life be granted as my petition, and my people as my request. (WEB) 4 For both I and my people are sold for destruction, pillage, and genocide. If both we and our children were sold for male… (WEB)
Esther 7:3–5
3 Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request. 4 For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had…
Greek Esther 4:13–15
13 Then Mordecai said to Hathach, “Go, and say to her, ‘Esther, don’t say to yourself that you alone will escape in the kingdom, more than all the other Jews. (WEB) 14 For if you keep quiet on this occasion, help and protection will come to the Jews from another place; bu… (WEB)
Esther 9:24–26
24 For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them. 25 But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme…
Esther 4:12–14
12 When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai, 13 he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews. 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews wi…
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