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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as 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.

Context of Esther 9:5

3Even all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and those who were doing the king’s business were supporting the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them. 4For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and the news about him spread throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater. So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did as they pleased to those who hated them. 6At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and eliminated five hundred men, 7and they killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,

Esther 9:5 word by word

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

• the Jewsיְהוּדִיyehûdîy · JewH3064
• struckנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• their enemiesאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340
• the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• killingהֶ֫רֶגhereg · slaughterH2027
• and destroyingאַבְדָ֑ן'abdân · destructionH12
• and they didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• as they pleasedרָצוֹןrâtsôn râtsôn · acceptanceH7522
• to those who hatedשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130

Cross-references for Esther 9:5

• Psalms 18:34He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze.
• Psalms 20:7Some praise their chariots and some their horses, But we will praise the name of the Lord, our God.
• Psalms 149:6The high praises of God shall be in their mouths, And a two-edged sword in their hands,
• 2 Thessalonians 1:6For after all it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
• Jeremiah 18:21Therefore, give their children over to famine And turn them over to the power of the sword; And let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be slaughtered to death, Their young men struck and killed 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