New American Standard Bible 2020
Esther 3:8-9
8Then HamanH2001 saidH559 to KingH4428 AhasuerusH325, “ThereH3426 isH3426 a certainH259 peopleH5971 scatteredH6340 and dispersedH6504 amongH996 the peoplesH5971 in allH3605 the provincesH4082 of your kingdomH4438; 1their lawsH1881 are differentH8132 from those of allH3605 other peopleH5971 and they do not 2complyH6213 withH6213 the king’sH4428 lawsH1881, so it is not in the king’sH4428 interestH7737 to letH5117 them remainH5117.
9IfH518 it is pleasingH2895 to the kingH4428, let it be 3decreedH3789 that they be eliminatedH6, and I will payH8254 4tenH6235 thousandH505 talentsH3603 of silverH3701 into the handsH3027 of those who carryH6213 outH6213 the king’s businessH4399, to putH935 into the king’s treasuriesH1595.”
Notes
- 1. Esther 3:8 Ezra 4:12-15; Acts 16:20, 21 ↩
- 2. Esther 3:8 Lit do the ↩
- 3. Esther 3:9 Lit written ↩
- 4. Esther 3:9 About 375 tons or 340 metric tons ↩
Commentaries on Esther 3
- 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
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