Esther 9:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.”
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“The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And the Jews smite among all their enemies--a smiting of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction--and do with those hating them according to their pleasure,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Esther 9:5 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 9:24So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
- 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.
- Psalms 18:34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
- Psalms 18:47the God who avenges me and subdues nations beneath me,
- Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- Psalms 92:12The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Psalms 149:6May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,
- Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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