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

4The king held out his gold sceptre towards Esther. So she stood up to speak to the king. 5Esther said to the king, ‘I hope that I have pleased the king. If you agree, and if you are pleased with me, please make another law. Stop the command that Haman, the descendant of Agag, wrote. He sent letters to all the regions of your kingdom, because he wanted to destroy all the Jewish people. I cannot let this evil thing happen to my relatives. I have to do something to stop it.’ 7King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai, ‘You are right! I have already punished Haman with death because he wanted to destroy the Jews. I have also given all of his things to Esther. 8Now you must use my authority to write another law. Write a law that you think will save your people. Then mark the letters with my special ring. Any letter that has my name and the mark of my ring on it has the king's authority. Nobody can ever change it.’

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 44:34I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I never want to see how upset my father would be.’
• Jeremiah 4:19I am so upset! My body is shaking with pain. My heart beats hard inside me. I cannot keep still. I cannot keep quiet. I have heard the noise of the enemy's trumpets and the shouts of their soldiers.
• Jeremiah 9:1‘My head should be like a pool of water. My eyes should be like a river of tears. Then I would never stop crying for my dear people who have died in war.
• Luke 19:41When Jesus got near to the city, he looked at it. He cried because he felt very sorry for the people in it.
• Romans 9:2I tell you this: Deep inside myself, I am always very sad and upset because of Israel's people.
• Romans 10:1My Christian friends, I want God to save Israel's people. I want that very much. I pray to God that he will save them.
• Esther 7:4Someone has sold me and my people as if we are animals. Now they will kill us and completely destroy us all. If we had been sold to become slaves, I would not have spoken to the king. It would not have been important enough for that.’
• Nehemiah 2:3I replied to the king, ‘May the king live for ever! I am sad because enemies have destroyed the city where my ancestors are buried. They burned the city's gates.’

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

• Ring

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