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
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.
Esther 9:10
English Standard Version
10 (A)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, (B)the enemy of the Jews, (C)but they laid no hand on the plunder.
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Esther 9:10
New International Version
10 the ten sons(A) of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.(B) But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.(C)
2 Chronicles 30:6
English Standard Version
6 (A)So couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with letters from the king and his princes, as the king had commanded, saying, “O people of Israel, (B)return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that he may turn again to the remnant of you who have escaped from the hand of (C)the kings of Assyria.
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2 Chronicles 30:6
New International Version
6 At the king’s command, couriers went throughout Israel and Judah with letters from the king and from his officials, which read:
“People of Israel, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that he may return to you who are left, who have escaped from the hand of the kings of Assyria.
Esther 8:10-14
English Standard Version
10 (A)And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus (B)and sealed it with the king's signet ring. Then he sent the letters by mounted couriers riding on (C)swift horses that were used in the king's service, bred from the royal stud, 11 saying that the king allowed the Jews who were in every city (D)to gather and defend their lives, (E)to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, children and women included, (F)and to plunder their goods, 12 (G)on one day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar. 13 (H)A copy of what was written was to be issued as a decree in every province, being publicly displayed to all peoples, and the Jews were to be ready on that day to take vengeance on their enemies. 14 So the couriers, mounted on their (I)swift horses that were used in the king's service, rode out hurriedly, urged by the king's command. And the decree was issued in Susa the citadel.
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Esther 8:10-14
New International Version
10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.
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. 12 The day appointed for the Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(B) 13 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day(C) to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 The couriers, riding the royal horses, went out, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.(D)
Footnotes
- Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;
1 Samuel 15:3
English Standard Version
3 Now go and strike Amalek and (A)devote to destruction[a] all that they have. Do not spare them, (B)but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
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1 Samuel 15:3
New International Version
3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally(A) destroy[a] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20 and 21.
James 2:13
English Standard Version
13 For (A)judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
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James 2:13
New International Version
13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.(A) Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Jeremiah 51:31
English Standard Version
31 One (A)runner runs to meet another,
and one messenger to meet another,
to tell the king of Babylon
that his city is taken on every side;
Jeremiah 51:31
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Isaiah 10:6
English Standard Version
6 Against a (A)godless nation I send him,
and against the people of my wrath I command him,
to take (B)spoil and seize plunder,
and to (C)tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Job 9:25
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Job 9:25
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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
1 Samuel 22:19
English Standard Version
19 And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; (A)both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.
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1 Samuel 22:19
New International Version
19 He also put to the sword(A) Nob,(B) the town of the priests, with its men and women, its children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep.
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