Esther 9:10

Esther 9:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
• English Standard Version (ESV)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they laid no hand on the plunder.
• New King James Version (NKJV)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews—they killed; but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
• New Living Translation (NLT)the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not take any plunder.

Context of Esther 9:10

8Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, 9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha, the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder. 11The number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king that same day. 12The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman in the citadel of Susa. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? It will also be granted.”

Esther 9:10 word by word

עֲ֠שֶׂרֶת בְּנֵ֨י הָמָ֧ן בֶּֽן־הַמְּדָ֛תָא צֹרֵ֥ר הַיְּהוּדִ֖ים הָרָ֑גוּ וּבַ֨בִּזָּ֔ה לֹ֥א שָׁלְח֖וּ אֶת־יָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Hamanהָמָןhâmân · HamanH2001
• of Hammedathaהַמְּדָתָאmedâthâ' · HammedathaH4099
• the enemyצָרַרtsârar · to vexH6887
• of the Jewsיְהוּדִיyehûdîy · JewH3064
• slewהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• they; but on the spoilבִּזָּהbizzâh · plunderH961
• laidשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: reachH7971
• they not their handיָדyâd · handH3027

Cross-references for Esther 9:10

• Esther 5:11Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.
• Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
• Job 18:18He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.
• Job 27:13“Here is the fate God allots to the wicked, the heritage a ruthless man receives from the Almighty:
• Psalms 21:10You will destroy their descendants from the earth, their posterity from mankind.
• Psalms 109:12May no one extend kindness to him or take pity on his fatherless children.
• Esther 3:1After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honor higher than that of all the other nobles.
• Esther 7:4For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.”
• Exodus 17:16He said, “Because hands were lifted up against the throne of the Lord, the Lord will be at war against the Amalekites from generation to generation.”
• Esther 9:15The Jews in Susa came together on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they put to death in Susa three hundred men, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
• Esther 8:11The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children, and to plunder the property of their enemies.
• Genesis 14:23that I will accept nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’
• Romans 12:17Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.
• Philippians 4:8Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.

Commentaries on Esther 9:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The ten sons of Haman - Their names are given above. And it is remarked here, and in Esther 9:16, where the account is given of the number slain in the provinces, that the Jews laid no hands on the spoil. They stood for their lives, and gave full proof that they sought their own personal safety, and not the property of their enemies, though the decree in their favor gave them authority to take the property of all those who were their adversaries, Esther…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 Most of these names are Persian, and readily traceable to Old Persian roots. Esther 9:10 On the spoil laid they not their hand - As they might have done (see the margin reference).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10but they did not lay a hand on the plunder: Although taking plunder from attackers was allowed (Esther 8:11), the Jews did not want the tainted wealth of Haman’s sons. Many years earlier, Abram had refused his share of the plunder from the king of Sodom (Genesis 14:21–23).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

Topics related to Esther 9:10

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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