Esther 9:5

Esther 9:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
• New International Version (NIV)The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, with slaughter and destruction, and did what they pleased with those who hated them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So the Jews went ahead on the appointed day and struck down their enemies with the sword. They killed and annihilated their enemies and did as they pleased with those who hated them.

Context of Esther 9:5

3All the officials of the provinces and the satraps and the governors and the royal agents also helped the Jews, for the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them. 4For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew more and more powerful. The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them. 6In Susa the citadel itself the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men, 7and also killed Parshandatha and Dalphon and Aspatha

Esther 9:5 word by word

וַיַּכּ֤וּ הַיְּהוּדִים֙ בְּכָל־אֹ֣יְבֵיהֶ֔ם מַכַּת־חֶ֥רֶב וְהֶ֖רֶג וְאַבְדָ֑ן וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ בְשֹׂנְאֵיהֶ֖ם כִּרְצוֹנָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thus the Jewsיְהוּדִיyehûdîy · JewH3064
• smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• all their enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• with the strokeמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• of the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• and slaughterהֶ֫רֶגhereg · slaughterH2027
• and destructionאַבְדָ֑ן'abdân · destructionH12
• and didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• what they wouldרָצוֹןrâtsôn râtsôn · acceptanceH7522
• unto those that hatedשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130

Cross-references for Esther 9:5

• Psalms 18:34He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
• Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
• Psalms 149:6Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
• Jeremiah 18:21Therefore deliver up their children to famine; give them over to the power of the sword; let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be struck down by the sword in battle.

Commentaries on Esther 9:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5put all their enemies to the sword: It was not an attack on defenseless people or a ruthless killing spree. Instead, it was a successful self-defense against their attackers. The phrase here echoes Haman’s original decree (Esther 3:12).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

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In the dictionaries

• Esther, Book of
• 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