Esther 3:6
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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.And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
In other translations
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.And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
Hebrew words
וַיִּבֶזvaiyivezand he despisedH959בְּעֵינָיוbe'einavin view hisH5869לִשְׁלֹחlishlochto stretch outH7971יָדyada handH3027בְּמָרְדֳּכַיbemaredokhaion MordecaiH4782לְבַדּוֹlevadoto only himH905כִּי־ki-ifH3588הִגִּידוּhigidupeople had toldH5046לוֹloto <the> himאֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עַם'am[the] people ofH5971מָרְדֳּכָיmaredokhaiMordecaiH4782וַיְבַקֵּשׁvayvakeshand he soughtH1245הָמָןhamanHamanH2001לְהַשְׁמִידlehashmidto annihilateH8045אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605הַיְּהוּדִיםhaiyehudimthe JewsH3064אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834בְּכָל־bekhol[were] in allH3605מַלְכוּתmalkhut[the] kingdom ofH4438אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ'achashverooshAhasuerusH325עַם'am[the] people ofH5971מָרְדֳּכָי׃maredokhaiMordecaiH4782
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Related verses
- Psalm 83:4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
- Revelation 12:12Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
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