Esther 3:9
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If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
In other translations
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
Hebrew words
אִם־'im-ifH518עַל־'al-[is] onH5921הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428טוֹבtovgoodH2896יִכָּתֵבyikatevlet it be writtenH3789לְאַבְּדָםle'abedamto destroy themH6וַעֲשֶׂרֶתva'aseretand tenH6235אֲלָפִים'alafimthousand<s>H505כִּכַּר־kikar-talent[s] ofH3603כֶּסֶףkesefsilverH3701אֶשְׁקוֹל'eshkolI will weigh outH8254עַל־'al-onH5921יְדֵיyedei[the] hands ofH3027עֹשֵׂי'osei[the] doers ofH6213הַמְּלָאכָהhamelakhahthe workH4399לְהָבִיאlehavi'to bring [it]H935אֶל־'el-intoH413גִּנְזֵיginzei[the] treasuries ofH1595הַמֶּלֶךְ׃hamelekhthe kingH4428
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 23:16And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.
- Matthew 18:24And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.As he began the settlements, a debtor was brought to him owing ten thousand talents.
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