Esther 9:8

Esther 9:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
• New International Version (NIV)Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
• English Standard Version (ESV)and Poratha and Adalia and Aridatha
• New King James Version (NKJV)Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,

Context of Esther 9:8

6And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. 7And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, 9and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, 10the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the oppressor of the Jews, they slew; but they laid not their hands on the prey.

Esther 9:8 word by word

וְאֵ֧ת׀ פּוֹרָ֛תָא וְאֵ֥ת׀ אֲדַלְיָ֖א וְאֵ֥ת׀ אֲרִידָֽתָא׃Read the interlinear

Commentaries on Esther 9:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 Most of these names are Persian, and readily traceable to Old Persian roots. Esther 9:10 On the spoil laid they not their hand - As they might have done (see the margin reference).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-10They killed these ten sons of Haman: Everything Haman had boasted about (Esther 5:11) was gone, including his ten sons.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-165-16. Thus the Jews smote all their enemies--The effect of the two antagonistic decrees was, in the meantime, to raise a fierce and bloody war between the Jews and their enemies throughout the Persian empire; but through the dread of Esther and Mordecai, the provincial governors universally favored their cause, so that their enemies fell in great numbers.Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 9:8

• Adalia
• Aridatha
• Month
• Poratha

In the dictionaries

• Adalia
• Aridatha
• Esther, Book of
• Poratha
• Text of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Esther 9

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings