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Esther 3:13

And the letters were sent by posts 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 upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

KJV

missæ sunt per cursores regis ad universas provincias, ut occiderent atque delerent omnes Judæos, a puero usque ad senem, parvulos et mulieres, uno die, hoc est tertiodecimo mensis duodecimi, qui vocatur Adar ; et bona eorum diriperent.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀπεστάλη διὰ βιβλιαφόρων εἰς τὴν Ἀρταξέρξου βασιλείαν, ἀφανίσαι τὸ γένος τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ μηνὸς δωδεκάτου, ὅς ἐστιν Ἀδάρ, καὶ διαρπάσαι τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν. ⸂[1] Τῆς δὲ ἐπιστολῆς ἐστὶν τὸ ἀντίγραφον τόδε Βασιλεὺς μέγας Ἀρταξέρξης τοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰνδικῆς ἕως τῆς Αἰθιοπίας ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ χωρῶν ἄρχουσι καὶ τοπάρχαις ὑποτεταγμένοις τάδε γράφει. [2] πολλῶν ἐπάρξας ἐθνῶν καὶ πάσης ἐπικρατήσας οἰκουμένης, ἐβουλήθην, μὴ τῷ θράσει τῆς ἐξουσίας ἐπαιρόμενος ἐπιεικέστερον δὲ καὶ μετὰ ἠπιότητος ἀεὶ διεξάγων, τοὺς τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων ἀκυμάτους διὰ παντὸς καταστῆσαι βίους, τήν τε βασιλείαν ἥμερον καὶ πορευτὴν μέχρι περάτων παρεξόμενος ἀνανεώσασθαί τε τὴν ποθουμένην τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις εἰρήνην. [3] πυθομένου δέ μου τῶν συμβούλων πῶς ἂν ἀχθείη τοῦτο ἐπὶ πέρας, σωφροσύνῃ παρ’ ἡμῖν διενέγκας καὶ ἐν τῇ εὐνοίᾳ ἀπαραλλάκτως καὶ βεβαίᾳ πίστει ἀποδεδιγμένος καὶ δεύτερον τῶν βασιλειῶν γέρας ἀπενηνεγμένος Ἁμὰν [4] ἐπέδειξεν ἡμῖν, ἐν πάσαις ταῖς κατὰ τὴν οἰκουμένην φυλαῖς ἀναμεμίχθαι δυσμενῆ λαόν τινα, τοῖς νόμοις ἀντίθετον πρὸς πᾶν ἔθνος, τά τε τῶν βασιλέων παραπέμποντας διηνεκῶς προστάγματα, πρὸς τὸ μὴ κατατίθεσθαι τὴν ὑφ’ ἡμῶν κατευθυνομένην ἀμέμπτως συναρχίαν. [5] διειληφότες οὖν τόδε τὸ ἔθνος μονώτατον ἐν ἀντιπαραγωγῇ παντὶ διὰ παντὸς ἀνθρώπῳ κείμενον, διαγωγὴν νόμων ξενίζουσαν παραλλάσσον, καὶ δυσνοοῦν τοῖς ἡμετέροις πράγμασιν τὰ χείριστα συντελοῦν κακὰ καὶ πρὸς τὸ μὴ τὴν βασιλείαν εὐσταθίας τυγχάνειν· [6] προστετάχαμεν οὖν τοὺς σημαινομένους ὑμῖν ἐν τοῖς γεγραμμένοις ὑπὸ Ἁμὰν τοῦ τεταγμένου ἐπὶ τῶν πραγμάτων καὶ δευτέρου πατρὸς ἡμῶν, πάντας σὺν γυναιξὶ καὶ τέκνοις ἀπολέσαι ὁλορριζεὶ ταῖς τῶν ἐχθρῶν μαχαίραις ἄνευ παντὸς οἴκτου καὶ φειδοῦς τῇ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκαίτῃ τοῦ δωδεκάτου μηνὸς Ἀδὰρ τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος ἔτους, [7] ὅπως οἱ πάλαι καὶ νῦν δυσμενεῖς ἐν ἡμέρᾳ μιᾷ βιαίως εἰς τὸν ᾅδην κατελθόντες εἰς τὸν μετέπειτα χρόνον εὐσταθῆ καὶ ἀτάραχα παρέχωσιν ἡμῖν διὰ τέλους τὰ πράγματα.⸃

LXX

And letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.

ASV

וְ/נִשְׁל֨וֹחַ סְפָרִ֜ים בְּ/יַ֣ד הָ/רָצִים֮ אֶל כָּל מְדִינ֣וֹת הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֒ לְ/הַשְׁמִ֡יד לַ/הֲרֹ֣ג וּ/לְ/אַבֵּ֣ד אֶת כָּל הַ֠/יְּהוּדִים מִ/נַּ֨עַר וְ/עַד זָקֵ֜ן טַ֤ף וְ/נָשִׁים֙ בְּ/י֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד בִּ/שְׁלוֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר לְ/חֹ֥דֶשׁ שְׁנֵים עָשָׂ֖ר הוּא חֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֑ר וּ/שְׁלָלָ֖/ם לָ/בֽוֹז

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

28 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָ֔ר
'dr
proper_noun · 8×
אֶחָ֖ד
'chd
adjective · 970×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
בֹ֣ז
bz
verb · 43×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
חֹ֣דֶשׁ
chdsh
noun · 280×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יְּהוּדִ֔ים
yhvdym
noun · 79×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 183×
ם
m
verb · 167×
ם
m
verb · 90×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מְּדִינ֑וֹת
mdynvt
noun · 53×
נִי
ny
verb · 838×
נַּ֖עַר
n'r
noun · 239×
נוּ
nv
noun · 42×
סֵ֛פֶר
spr
noun · 188×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
רָצִ֔ים
rtsym
verb · 104×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
שָּׁלָ֖ל
shll
noun · 74×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 15:3 — Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
  • 2Chr 30:6 — So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD
  • Esth 7:4 — For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the kin
  • Esth 8:10 — And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
  • Esth 8:11 — Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and prov
  • Esth 8:12 — Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
  • Esth 9:1 — Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Je
  • Esth 9:10 — The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.