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Esther 3:13
English Standard Version
Esther 3:13
English Standard Version
13 Letters were sent (A)by couriers to all the king's provinces with instruction (B)to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, (C)in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, (D)and to plunder their goods.
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Esther 3:13
King James Version
Esther 3:13
King James Version
13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
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Esther 3:13
Lexham English Bible
Esther 3:13
Lexham English Bible
13 Letters were sent by couriers[a] to all the provinces of the king to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old,[b] women and children, on one day, the thirteenth day of the month, that is Adar, and to plunder their goods.
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- Esther 3:13 Or “by runners”
- Esther 3:13 Literally “from young to old”
Esther 3:13
New International Version
Esther 3:13
New International Version
13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews(A)—young and old, women and children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar,(B) and to plunder(C) their goods.
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