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World English Bible
Esther 8 (WEBP)
[1] On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
[2] The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
[3] Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.
[4] Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
[5] She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.
[6] For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”
[7] Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he laid his hand on the Jews.
[8] Write also to the Jews as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”
[9] Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the local governors, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
[10] He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds.
[11] In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together and to defend their lives—to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,
[12] on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
[13] A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
[14] So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.
[15] Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.
[16] The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
[17] In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast and a holiday. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Esther 8 (KJVS)
[1] On that day H3117 did the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 give H5414 (8804) the house H1004 of Haman H2001 the Jews H3064’ enemy H6887 (8802) unto Esther H635 the queen H4436. And Mordecai H4782 came H935 (8804) before H6440 the king H4428; for Esther H635 had told H5046 (8689) what he [was] unto her.
[2] And the king H4428 took off H5493 (8686) his ring H2885, which he had taken H5674 (8689) from Haman H2001, and gave H5414 (8799) it unto Mordecai H4782. And Esther H635 set H7760 (8799) Mordecai H4782 over the house H1004 of Haman H2001.
[3] And Esther H635 spake H1696 (8762) yet again H3254 (8686) before H6440 the king H4428, and fell down H5307 (8799) at H6440 his feet H7272, and besought H2603 (8691) him with tears H1058 (8799) to put away H5674 (8687) the mischief H7451 of Haman H2001 the Agagite H91, and his device H4284 that he had devised H2803 (8804) against the Jews H3064.
[4] Then the king H4428 held out H3447 (8686) the golden H2091 sceptre H8275 toward Esther H635. So Esther H635 arose H6965 (8799), and stood H5975 (8799) before H6440 the king H4428,
[5] And said H559 (8799), If it please H2896 the king H4428, and if I have found H4672 (8804) favour H2580 in his sight H6440, and the thing H1697 [seem] right H3787 (8804) before H6440 the king H4428, and I [be] pleasing H2896 in his eyes H5869, let it be written H3789 (8735) to reverse H7725 (8687) the letters H5612 devised H4284 by Haman H2001 the son H1121 of Hammedatha H4099 the Agagite H91, which he wrote H3789 (8804) to destroy H6 (8763) the Jews H3064 which [are] in all the king’s H4428 provinces H4082:
[6] For how H349 can I endure H3201 (8799) to see H7200 (8804) the evil H7451 that shall come H4672 (8799) unto my people H5971? or how H349 can I endure H3201 (8799) to see H7200 (8804) the destruction H13 of my kindred H4138?
[7] Then the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 said H559 (8799) unto Esther H635 the queen H4436 and to Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064, Behold, I have given H5414 (8804) Esther H635 the house H1004 of Haman H2001, and him they have hanged H8518 (8804) upon the gallows H6086, because he laid H7971 (8804) his hand H3027 upon the Jews H3064.
[8] Write H3789 (8798) ye also for the Jews H3064, as it liketh H2896 you H5869, in the king’s H4428 name H8034, and seal H2856 (8798) [it] with the king’s H4428 ring H2885: for the writing H3791 which is written H3789 (8737) in the king’s H4428 name H8034, and sealed H2856 (8737) with the king’s H4428 ring H2885, may no man reverse H7725 (8687).
[9] Then were the king’s H4428 scribes H5608 (8802) called H7121 (8735) at that time H6256 in the third H7992 month H2320, that [is], the month H2320 Sivan H5510, on the three H7969 and twentieth H6242 [day] thereof; and it was written H3789 (8735) according to all that Mordecai H4782 commanded H6680 (8765) unto the Jews H3064, and to the lieutenants H323, and the deputies H6346 and rulers H8269 of the provinces H4082 which [are] from India H1912 unto Ethiopia H3568, an hundred H3967 twenty H6242 and seven H7651 provinces H4082, unto every province H4082 according to the writing H3791 thereof, and unto every people H5971 after their language H3956, and to the Jews H3064 according to their writing H3791, and according to their language H3956.
[10] And he wrote H3789 (8799) in the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325’ name H8034, and sealed H2856 (8799) [it] with the king’s H4428 ring H2885, and sent H7971 (8799) letters H5612 by H3027 posts H7323 (8801) on horseback H5483, [and] riders H7392 (8802) on mules H7409, camels H327, [and] young H1121 dromedaries H7424:
[11] Wherein the king H4428 granted H5414 (8804) the Jews H3064 which [were] in every city H5892 to gather themselves together H6950 (8736), and to stand H5975 (8800) for their life H5315, to destroy H8045 (8687), to slay H2026 (8800), and to cause to perish H6 (8763), all the power H2428 of the people H5971 and province H4082 that would assault H6696 (8802) them, [both] little ones H2945 and women H802, and [to take] the spoil H7998 of them for a prey H962 (8800),
[12] Upon one H259 day H3117 in all the provinces H4082 of king H4428 Ahasuerus H325, [namely], upon the thirteenth H7969 H6240 [day] of the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320, which [is] the month H2320 Adar H143.
[13] 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, and that the Jews H3064 should be ready H6264 (8675) H6259 against that day H3117 to avenge H5358 (8736) themselves on their enemies H341 (8802).
[14] [So] the posts H7323 (8801) that rode H7392 (8802) upon mules H7409 [and] camels H327 went out H3318 (8804), being hastened H926 (8794) and pressed on H1765 (8803) by the king’s H4428 commandment H1697. And the decree H1881 was given H5414 (8738) at Shushan H7800 the palace H1002.
[15] And Mordecai H4782 went out H3318 (8804) from the presence H6440 of the king H4428 in royal H4438 apparel H3830 of blue H8504 and white H2353, and with a great H1419 crown H5850 of gold H2091, and with a garment H8509 of fine linen H948 and purple H713: and the city H5892 of Shushan H7800 rejoiced H6670 (8804) and was glad H8056.
[16] The Jews H3064 had light H219, and gladness H8057, and joy H8342, and honour H3366.
[17] And in every province H4082, and in every city H5892, whithersoever H4725 the king’s H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 came H5060 (8688), the Jews H3064 had joy H8057 and gladness H8342, a feast H4960 and a good H2896 day H3117. And many H7227 of the people H5971 of the land H776 became Jews H3054 (8693); for the fear H6343 of the Jews H3064 fell H5307 (8804) upon them.
Young’s Literal Translation
Esther 8 (YLT)
[1] On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he is to her,
[2] and the king turneth aside his signet, that he hath caused to pass away from Haman, and giveth it to Mordecai, and Esther setteth Mordecai over the house of Haman.
[3] And Esther addeth, and speaketh before the king, and falleth before his feet, and weepeth, and maketh supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his device that he had devised against the Jews;
[4] and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre, and Esther riseth, and standeth before the king,
[5] and saith, ‘If to the king it be good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I be good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters-a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite-that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all provinces of the king,
[6] for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?’
[7] And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, ‘Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,
[8] and ye, write ye for the Jews, as it is good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king-for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.’
[9] And the scribes of the king are called, at that time, in the third month-it is the month of Sivan-in the three and twentieth of it, and it is written, according to all that Mordecai hath commanded, unto the Jews, and unto the lieutenants, and the governors, and the heads of the provinces, that are from Hodu even unto Cush, seven and twenty and a hundred provinces-province and province according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, and unto the Jews according to their writing, and according to their tongue.
[10] And he writeth in the name of the king Ahasuerus, and sealeth with the signet of the king, and sendeth letters by the hand of the runners with horses, riders of the dromedary, the mules, the young mares,
[11] that the king hath given to the Jews who are in every city and city, to be assembled, and to stand for their life, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy the whole force of the people and province who are distressing them, infants and women, and their spoil to seize.
[12] In one day, in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month-it is the month of Adar-
[13] a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, and for the Jews being ready at this day to be avenged of their enemies.
[14] The runners, riding on the dromedary, and the mules, have gone out, hastened and pressed by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace.
[15] And Mordecai went out from before the king, in royal clothing of blue and white, and a great crown of gold, and a garment of fine linen and purple, and the city of Shushan hath rejoiced and been glad;
[16] to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,
[17] and in every province and province, and in every city and city, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, gladness and joy are to the Jews, a banquet, and a good day; and many of the peoples of the land are becoming Jews, for a fear of the Jews hath fallen upon them.