Esther 9:24
Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
KJV
Aman enim, filius Amadathi stirpis Agag, hostis et adversarius Judæorum, cogitavit contra eos malum, ut occideret illos atque deleret : et misit phur, quod nostra lingua vertitur in sortem.
Vulgate
πῶς Ἁμὰν Ἁμαδάθου ὁ Μακεδὼν ἐπολέμει αὐτούς, καθὼς ἔθετο ψήφισμα καὶ κλῆρον ἀφανίσαι αὐτούς,
LXX
because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
ASV
כִּי֩ הָמָ֨ן בֶּֽן הַמְּדָ֜תָא הָֽ/אֲגָגִ֗י צֹרֵר֙ כָּל הַ/יְּהוּדִ֔ים חָשַׁ֥ב עַל הַ/יְּהוּדִ֖ים לְ/אַבְּדָ֑/ם וְ/הִפִּ֥יל פּוּר֙ ה֣וּא הַ/גּוֹרָ֔ל לְ/הֻמָּ֖/ם וּֽ/לְ/אַבְּדָֽ/ם
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Esth 3:5 — And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
- Esth 3:7 — In the first month, that 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, to the twelfth month, that
- Isa 22:25 — In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoke