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 golden scepter to Esther, and Esther got up and stood in front of the king. 5She said, “Your Majesty, if it pleases you, and if I have found favor with you, if you consider my cause to be reasonable and if I am pleasing to you, cancel the official orders ⌞concerning⌟ the plot of Haman (who was the son of Hammedatha and was from Agag). He signed ⌞the order⌟ to destroy the Jews in all your provinces, Your Majesty. I cannot bear to see my people suffer such evil. And I simply cannot bear to see the destruction of my relatives.” 7King Xerxes said to Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, “I have given Haman’s property to Esther, and Haman’s ⌞dead body⌟ was hung on the pole because he tried to kill the Jews. 8You write what you think is best for the Jews in the king’s name. Seal it also with the king’s signet ring, because whatever is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be canceled.”

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 could I go back to my father if the boy isn’t with me? I couldn’t bear to see my father’s misery!”
• Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. My heart is beating wildly! My heart is pounding! I can’t keep quiet because I hear a ram’s horn sounding the alarm for war.
• Jeremiah 9:1“I wish that my head were ⌞filled with⌟ water and my eyes were a fountain of tears so that I could cry day and night for my dear people who have been killed.
• Luke 19:41When he came closer and saw the city, he began to cry.
• Romans 9:2I have deep sorrow and endless heartache.
• Romans 10:1Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God on behalf of the Jewish people is that they would be saved.
• Esther 7:4You see, we—my people and I—have been sold so that we can be wiped out, killed, and destroyed. If our men and women had only been sold as slaves, I would have kept silent because the enemy is not worth troubling you about, Your Majesty.”
• Nehemiah 2:3“May the king live forever!” I said to the king. “Why shouldn’t I look sad when the city, the place where my ancestors are buried, is in ruins and its gates are burned down?”

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