Esther 9:5
New International Version
The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

New Living Translation
So the Jews went ahead on the appointed day and struck down their enemies with the sword. They killed and annihilated their enemies and did as they pleased with those who hated them.

English Standard Version
The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.

Berean Standard Bible
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, with slaughter and destruction, and did what they pleased with those who hated them.

New American Standard Bible
So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

NASB 1995
Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

NASB 1977
Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and causing them to perish; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Amplified Bible
So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Christian Standard Bible
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them. They did what they pleased to those who hated them.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them. They did what they pleased to those who hated them.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
The Jews took their swords and did away with their enemies, without showing any mercy.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then with their swords, the Jews attacked all their enemies, killing them, destroying them, and doing whatever they pleased to those who hated them.

Good News Translation
So the Jews could do what they wanted with their enemies. They attacked them with swords and slaughtered them.

International Standard Version
The Jewish people struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did with their enemies as they pleased.

Majority Standard Bible
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.

NET Bible
The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, bringing death and destruction, and they did as they pleased with their enemies.

New Heart English Bible
The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.

World English Bible
The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the Jews strike among all their enemies—a striking of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction—and do with those hating them according to their pleasure,

Young's Literal Translation
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,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the Jews will strike against all their enemies with the blow of the sword, and killing and destruction; and they will do according to their desire upon those hating them.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And so the Jews struck their enemies like a great plague and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them,

New American Bible
The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; they did to those who hated them as they pleased.

New Revised Standard Version
So the Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering, and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those who hated them.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the Jews struck a blow of the sword and of slaughter and of destruction at all their enemies, and they did according to their will with their haters.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
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.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Jews Destroy Their Enemies
4For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful. 5The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them. 6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,…

Cross References
Exodus 17:14-16
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” / And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner. / “Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

Deuteronomy 25:17-19
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt, / how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God. / When the LORD your God gives you rest from the enemies around you in the land that He is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you are to blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

1 Samuel 15:2-3
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt. / Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

1 Samuel 15:7-9
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt. / He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword. / Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

1 Samuel 15:32-33
Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” / But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

2 Samuel 8:1-2
Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines. / David also defeated the Moabites, made them lie down on the ground, and measured them off with a cord. He measured off with two lengths those to be put to death, and with one length those to be spared. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought him tribute.

2 Samuel 8:14
He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.

2 Kings 19:35
And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Psalm 18:37-40
I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed. / I crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet. / You have armed me with strength for battle; You have subdued my foes beneath me. ...

Psalm 21:8-12
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You. / You will place them in a fiery furnace at the time of Your appearing. In His wrath the LORD will engulf them, and the fire will consume them. / You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men. ...

Psalm 37:12-15
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them, / but the Lord laughs, seeing that their day is coming. / The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright. ...

Psalm 110:5-6
The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath. / He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.

Isaiah 41:11-12
Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.

Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 51:20-23
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. / With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. / With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. ...


Treasury of Scripture

Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.

smote.

Psalm 18:34-40,47,48
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms…

Psalm 20:7,8
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God…

Psalm 149:6-9
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; …

the stroke.

Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.

what they would.

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Esther 9
1. The Jews slay their enemies, with the ten sons of Haman.
12. Xerxes, at the request of Esther,
14. grants another day of slaughter, and Haman's sons to be hanged.
20. The two days of Purim are instituted.














The Jews
This phrase refers to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were living in exile in the Persian Empire. Historically, the Jewish people have faced numerous threats to their existence, and this moment in the Book of Esther highlights their survival and divine protection. The Hebrew term "Yehudim" emphasizes their identity as God's chosen people, set apart to fulfill His purposes.

struck down
The Hebrew root for "struck down" is "nakah," which conveys a sense of decisive action and judgment. This word is often used in the Old Testament to describe God's judgment against His enemies. Here, it signifies the Jews' active role in defending themselves against those who sought their destruction, underscoring the theme of divine justice.

all their enemies
This phrase indicates the totality of the threat against the Jews. Historically, the enemies of the Jews in the Persian Empire were those who had been incited by Haman's decree to annihilate them. The comprehensive nature of this phrase underscores the complete reversal of fortune orchestrated by God, turning a day of potential disaster into one of victory.

with the sword
The sword is a symbol of warfare and judgment throughout the Bible. In this context, it represents the means by which the Jews defended themselves. The use of the sword highlights the physical reality of the conflict and the necessity of taking up arms to protect their lives, a reminder of the harsh realities faced by God's people in a fallen world.

killing and destroying them
The repetition of these actions emphasizes the thoroughness of the Jews' victory. The Hebrew words "harag" (killing) and "abad" (destroying) convey a sense of finality and completeness. This reflects the seriousness of the threat they faced and the necessity of their actions to ensure their survival.

and they did as they pleased
This phrase suggests a sense of freedom and empowerment. The Jews, once under the threat of annihilation, now had the authority to act according to their own will. This reversal of fortune is a testament to God's providence and the fulfillment of His promises to protect His people.

to those who hated them
The phrase identifies the motivation behind the conflict. The hatred against the Jews was incited by Haman's malice and was rooted in longstanding enmity. This highlights the spiritual battle between God's people and those who oppose His plans. The victory of the Jews serves as a reminder of God's faithfulness to His covenant and His ultimate triumph over evil.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The Jews
הַיְּהוּדִים֙ (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish

put
וַיַּכּ֤וּ (way·yak·kū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5221: To strike

all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

their enemies
אֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם (’ō·yə·ḇê·hem)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 341: Hating, an adversary

to the sword,
חֶ֥רֶב (ḥe·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

killing
וְהֶ֖רֶג (wə·he·reḡ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2027: A slaughter

and destroying them,
וְאַבְדָ֑ן (wə·’aḇ·ḏān)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 12: A perishing

and they did
וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ (way·ya·‘ă·śū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

what they pleased
כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃ (kir·ṣō·w·nām)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 7522: Goodwill, favor, acceptance, will

to those who hated them.
בְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖ם (ḇə·śō·nə·’ê·hem)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8130: To hate


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