Esther 9:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.”
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“The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of them that hated them seventy and five thousand; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the rest of the Jews, who <FI>are<Fi> in the provinces of the king, have been assembled, even to stand for their life, and to rest from their enemies, and to slay among those hating them five and seventy thousand, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Esther 9:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 34:27Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.
- Leviticus 26:7You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.
- Esther 8:11By 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.
- Esther 9:2In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
- Psalms 37:15But their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.
- Psalms 149:7to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
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