Esther 8:6

Esther 8:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
• New International Version (NIV)For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)For how can I bear to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)For how can I endure to see the evil that will come to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my countrymen?”

Context of Esther 8:6

4Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose and stood before the king. 5Then she said, “If it pleases the king and if I have found favor before him and the matter is proper in the king’s view and I am pleasing in his sight, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote [in order] to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces. For how can I endure to see the tragedy that will happen to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?” 7Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he stretched out his hand against the Jews. 8Also, concerning the Jews, write as you see fit, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s signet ring—for a decree which is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring may not be revoked.”

Esther 8:6 word by word

כִּ֠י אֵיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בָּרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָ֣א אֶת־עַמִּ֑י וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בְּאָבְדַ֖ן מוֹלַדְתִּֽי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For howאֵיכָ֫כָה'êyk 'êykâh 'êykâkâh · how?H349
• can I endureיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• to seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the evilרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: harmH7451
• that shall comeמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• unto my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• the destructionאׇבְדַן'obdân · destructionH13
• of my kindredמוֹלֶ֫דֶתmôledeth · relativesH4138

Cross-references for Esther 8:6

• Genesis 44:34How can I go up to my father if the young man is not with me—for fear that I would see the tragedy that would overtake my [elderly] father [if Benjamin does not return]?”
• Jeremiah 4:19My soul, my soul! I writhe in anguish and pain! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart is pounding and throbbing within me; I cannot be silent, For you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war.
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Luke 19:41As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people],
• Romans 9:2that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
• Romans 10:1Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and my prayer to God for Israel is for their salvation.
• Esther 7:4for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, killed and wiped out of existence. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for our hardship would not be sufficient to burden the king [by even mentioning it].”
• Nehemiah 2:3and I said to the king, “Let the king live forever. Why should my face not be sad when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies desolate and its gates have been consumed by fire?”

Commentaries on Esther 8:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6To see the destruction of my kindred? - She had now informed the king that she was cousin to Mordecai, and consequently a Jewess; and though her own life and that of Mordecai were no longer in danger, Haman being dead, yet the decree that had gone forth was in full force against the Jews; and if not repealed, their destruction would be inevitable.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-14Verses 3-14 It was time to be earnest, when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people. We read of no tears when she begged for her own life, but although she was sure of that, she wept for her people. Tears of pity and tenderness are the most Christ-like. According to the constitution of the Persian government, no law or decree could be repealed or recalled. This is so far from…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-65-6. reverse the letters devised by Haman ... to destroy the Jews--The whole conduct of Esther in this matter is characterized by great tact, and the variety of expressions by which she describes her willing submission to her royal husband, the address with which she rolls the whole infamy of the meditated massacre on Haman, and the argument she draws from the king's sanction being surreptitiously obtained, that the decree should be immediately…Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 8:6

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In the dictionaries

• Apollyon
• Esther, Book of
• Kindred

Commentaries on Esther 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings