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Esther 3 (WEBP)

[1] After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
[2] All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn’t bow down or pay him homage.
[3] Then the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?”
[4] Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn’t listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
[5] When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
[6] But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.
[7] In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
[8] Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
[9] If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents° of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
[10] The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
[11] The king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
[12] Then the king’s scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king’s local governors, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.
[13] Letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
[14] A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.
[15] The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.

Esther 3:9 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces

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Esther 3 (KJVS)

[1] After H310 these things H1697 did king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 promote H1431 (8765) Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91, and advanced H5375 (8762) him, and set H7760 (8799) his seat H3678 above all the princes H8269 that [were] with him.
[2] And all the king’s H4428 servants H5650, that [were] in the king’s H4428 gate H8179, bowed H3766 (8802), and reverenced H7812 (8693) Haman H2001: for the king H4428 had so commanded H6680 (8765) concerning him. But Mordecai H4782 bowed H3766 (8799) not, nor did [him] reverence H7812 (8691).
[3] Then the king’s H4428 servants H5650, which [were] in the king’s H4428 gate H8179, said H559 (8799) unto Mordecai H4782, Why transgressest H5674 (8802) thou the king’s H4428 commandment H4687?
[4] Now it came to pass, when they spake H559 (8800) daily H3117 H3117 unto him, and he hearkened H8085 (8804) not unto them, that they told H5046 (8686) Haman H2001, to see H7200 (8800) whether Mordecai’s H4782 matters H1697 would stand H5975 (8799): for he had told H5046 (8689) them that he [was] a Jew H3064.
[5] And when Haman H2001 saw H7200 (8799) that Mordecai H4782 bowed H3766 (8802) not, nor did him reverence H7812 (8693), then was Haman H2001 full H4390 (8735) of wrath H2534.
[6] And he thought H5869 scorn H959 (8799) to lay H7971 (8800) hands H3027 on Mordecai H4782 alone; for they had shewed H5046 (8689) him the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782: wherefore Haman H2001 sought H1245 (8762) to destroy H8045 (8687) all the Jews H3064 that [were] throughout the whole kingdom H4438 of Ahasuerus H325, [even] the people H5971 of Mordecai H4782.
[7] In the first H7223 month H2320, that [is], the month H2320 Nisan H5212, in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325, they cast H5307 (8689) Pur H6332, that [is], the lot H1486, before H6440 Haman H2001 from day H3117 to day H3117, and from month H2320 to month H2320, [to] the twelfth H8147 H6240 [month], that [is], the month H2320 Adar H143.
[8] And Haman H2001 said H559 (8799) unto king H4428 Ahasuerus H325, There is H3426 a certain H259 people H5971 scattered abroad H6340 (8794) and dispersed H6504 (8794) among the people H5971 in all the provinces H4082 of thy kingdom H4438; and their laws H1881 [are] diverse H8138 (8802) from all people H5971; neither keep H6213 (8802) they the king’s H4428 laws H1881: therefore it [is] not for the king’s H4428 profit H7737 (8802) to suffer H3240 (8687) them.
[9] If it please H2895 (8804) the king H4428, let it be written H3789 (8735) that they may be destroyed H6 (8763): and I will pay H8254 (8799) ten H6235 thousand H505 talents H3603 of silver H3701 to the hands H3027 of those that have the charge H6213 (8802) of the business H4399, to bring H935 (8687) [it] into the king’s H4428 treasuries H1595.
[10] And the king H4428 took H5493 (8686) his ring H2885 from his hand H3027, and gave H5414 (8799) it unto Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91, the Jews H3064’ enemy H6887 (8802).
[11] And the king H4428 said H559 (8799) unto Haman H2001, The silver H3701 [is] given H5414 (8803) to thee, the people H5971 also, to do H6213 (8800) with them as it seemeth H5869 good H2896 to thee.
[12] Then were the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 (8802) called H7121 (8735) on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the first H7223 month H2320, and there was written H3789 (8735) according to all that Haman H2001 had commanded H6680 (8765) unto the king’s H4428 lieutenants H323, and to the governors H6346 that [were] over every province H4082, and to the rulers H8269 of every people H5971 of every province H4082 according to the writing H3791 thereof, and [to] every people H5971 after their language H3956; in the name H8034 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 was it written H3789 (8737), and sealed H2856 (8738) with the king’s H4428 ring H2885.
[13] And the letters H5612 were sent H7971 (8736) by H3027 posts H7323 (8801) into all the king’s H4428 provinces H4082, to destroy H8045 (8687), to kill H2026 (8800), and to cause to perish H6 (8763), all Jews H3064, both young H5288 and old H2205, little children H2945 and women H802, in one H259 day H3117, [even] upon the thirteenth H7969 H6240 [day] of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, which is the month H2320 Adar H143, and [to take] the spoil H7998 of them for a prey H962 (8800).
[14] The copy H6572 of the writing H3791 for a commandment H1881 to be given H5414 (8736) in every province H4082 was published H1540 (8803) unto all people H5971, that they should be ready H6264 against that day H3117.
[15] The posts H7323 (8801) went out H3318 (8804), being hastened H1765 (8803) by the king’s H4428 commandment H1697, and the decree H1881 was given H5414 (8738) in Shushan H7800 the palace H1002. And the king H4428 and Haman H2001 sat down H3427 (8804) to drink H8354 (8800); but the city H5892 Shushan H7800 was perplexed H943 (8737).

Young’s Literal Translation

Esther 3 (YLT)

[1] After these things hath the king Ahasuerus exalted Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and lifteth him up, and setteth his throne above all the heads who are with him,
[2] and all servants of the king, who are in the gate of the king, are bowing and doing obeisance to Haman, for so hath the king commanded for him; and Mordecai doth not bow nor do obeisance.
[3] And the servants of the king, who are in the gate of the king, say to Mordecai, ‘Wherefore art thou transgressing the command of the king?’
[4] And it cometh to pass, in their speaking unto him, day by day, and he hath not hearkened unto them, that they declare it to Haman, to see whether the words of Mordecai do stand, for he hath declared to them that he is a Jew.
[5] And Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury,
[6] and it is contemptible in his eyes to put forth a hand on Mordecai by himself, for they have declared to him the people of Mordecai, and Haman seeketh to destroy all the Jews who are in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus-the people of Mordecai.
[7] In the first month-it is the month of Nisan-in the twelfth year of the king Ahasuerus, hath one caused to fall Pur (that is the lot) before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth, it is the month of Adar.
[8] And Haman saith to the king Ahasuerus, ‘There is one people scattered and separated among the peoples, in all provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws are diverse from all people, and the laws of the king they are not doing, and for the king it is not profitable to suffer them;
[9] if to the king it be 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 it in unto the treasuries of the king.’
[10] And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;
[11] and the king saith to Haman, ‘The silver is given to thee, and the people, to do with it as it is good in thine eyes.’
[12] And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman hath commanded, unto lieutenants of the king, and unto the governors who are over province and province, and unto the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of the king Ahasuerus it hath been written and sealed with the signet of the king,
[13] and letters to be sent by the hand of the runners unto all provinces of the king, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy all the Jews, from young even unto old, infant and women, on one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month-it is the month of Adar-and their spoil to seize,
[14] a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, to be ready for this day.
[15] The runners have gone forth, hastened by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace, and the king and Haman have sat down to drink, and the city Shushan is perplexed.