Esther 3:6
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
KJV
et pro nihilo duxit in unum Mardochæum mittere manus suas : audierat enim quod esset gentis Judææ ; magisque voluit omnem Judæorum, qui erant in regno Assueri, perdere nationem.
Vulgate
καὶ ἐβουλεύσατο ἀφανίσαι πάντας τοὺς ὑπὸ τὴν Ἀρταξέρξου βασιλείαν Ἰουδαίους.
LXX
But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
ASV
וַ/יִּ֣בֶז בְּ/עֵינָ֗י/ו לִ/שְׁלֹ֤ח יָד֙ בְּ/מָרְדֳּכַ֣י לְ/בַדּ֔/וֹ כִּֽי הִגִּ֥ידוּ ל֖/וֹ אֶת עַ֣ם מָרְדֳּכָ֑י וַ/יְבַקֵּ֣שׁ הָמָ֗ן לְ/הַשְׁמִ֧יד אֶת כָּל הַ/יְּהוּדִ֛ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר בְּ/כָל מַלְכ֥וּת אֲחַשְׁוֵר֖וֹשׁ עַ֥ם מָרְדֳּכָֽי
Hebrew
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Cross-references
- Prov 14:17 — He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
- Ps 37:12 — The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.
- Ps 83:4 — They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
- Ps 83:4 — They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
- Ps 94:20 — Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?