Esther 7:4
English Standard Version
4 (A)For we have been sold, I and my people, (B)to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.”
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Esther 7:4
New International Version
4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(A) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]”
Footnotes
- Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
Esther 8:11
English Standard Version
11 saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city (A)to gather and defend their lives, (B)to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, (C)and to plunder their goods,
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Esther 8:11
New International Version
11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[a] and to plunder(A) the property of their enemies.
Footnotes
- Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;
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