Esther 9:5
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
KJV
Itaque percusserunt Judæi inimicos suos plaga magna, et occiderunt eos, reddentes eis quod sibi paraverant facere :
Vulgate
And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.
ASV
וַ/יַּכּ֤וּ הַ/יְּהוּדִים֙ בְּ/כָל אֹ֣יְבֵי/הֶ֔ם מַכַּת חֶ֥רֶב וְ/הֶ֖רֶג וְ/אַבְדָ֑ן וַ/יַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ בְ/שֹׂנְאֵי/הֶ֖ם כִּ/רְצוֹנָֽ/ם
Hebrew
So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Jer 18:21 — Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to dea
- Ps 18:34 — He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
- Ps 18:47 — It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me.
- Ps 20:7 — Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
- Ps 149:6 — Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;