Esther 3:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.””
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“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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
King James Version · Public Domain“If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“if to the king <FI>it be<Fi> 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 <FI>it<Fi> in unto the treasuries of the king.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Esther 3:9 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 23:16Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
- Esther 4:7and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
- Matthew 18:24As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
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