| 3:1 | After <0310> these things <01697> did king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> promote <01431> (8765) Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>, and advanced <05375> (8762) him, and set <07760> (8799) his seat <03678> above all the princes <08269> that [were] with him. |
| 3:2 | And all the king's <04428> servants <05650>, that [were] in the king's <04428> gate <08179>, bowed <03766> (8802), and reverenced <07812> (8693) Haman <02001>: for the king <04428> had so commanded <06680> (8765) concerning him. But Mordecai <04782> bowed <03766> (8799) not, nor did [him] reverence <07812> (8691). |
| 3:3 | Then the king's <04428> servants <05650>, which [were] in the king's <04428> gate <08179>, said <0559> (8799) unto Mordecai <04782>, Why transgressest <05674> (8802) thou the king's <04428> commandment <04687>? |
| 3:4 | Now it came to pass, when they spake <0559> (8800) daily <03117> <03117> unto him, and he hearkened <08085> (8804) not unto them, that they told <05046> (8686) Haman <02001>, to see <07200> (8800) whether Mordecai's <04782> matters <01697> would stand <05975> (8799): for he had told <05046> (8689) them that he [was] a Jew <03064>. |
| 3:5 | And when Haman <02001> saw <07200> (8799) that Mordecai <04782> bowed <03766> (8802) not, nor did him reverence <07812> (8693), then was Haman <02001> full <04390> (8735) of wrath <02534>. |
| 3:6 | And he thought <05869> scorn <0959> (8799) to lay <07971> (8800) hands <03027> on Mordecai <04782> alone; for they had shewed <05046> (8689) him the people <05971> of Mordecai <04782>: wherefore Haman <02001> sought <01245> (8762) to destroy <08045> (8687) all the Jews <03064> that [were] throughout the whole kingdom <04438> of Ahasuerus <0325>, [even] the people <05971> of Mordecai <04782>. |
| 3:7 | In the first <07223> month <02320>, that [is], the month <02320> Nisan <05212>, in the twelfth <08147> <06240> year <08141> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, they cast <05307> (8689) Pur <06332>, that [is], the lot <01486>, before <06440> Haman <02001> from day <03117> to day <03117>, and from month <02320> to month <02320>, [to] the twelfth <08147> <06240> [month], that [is], the month <02320> Adar <0143>. |
| 3:8 | And Haman <02001> said <0559> (8799) unto king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325>, There is <03426> a certain <0259> people <05971> scattered abroad <06340> (8794) and dispersed <06504> (8794) among the people <05971> in all the provinces <04082> of thy kingdom <04438>; and their laws <01881> [are] diverse <08138> (8802) from all people <05971>; neither keep <06213> (8802) they the king's <04428> laws <01881>: therefore it [is] not for the king's <04428> profit <07737> (8802) to suffer <03240> (8687) them. {for the...: Heb. meet or, equal, etc} |
| 3:9 | If it please <02895> (8804) the king <04428>, let it be written <03789> (8735) that they may be destroyed <06> (8763): and I will pay <08254> (8799) ten <06235> thousand <0505> talents <03603> of silver <03701> to the hands <03027> of those that have the charge <06213> (8802) of the business <04399>, to bring <0935> (8687) [it] into the king's <04428> treasuries <01595>. {that they...: Heb. to destroy them} {pay: Heb. weigh} |
| 3:10 | And the king <04428> took <05493> (8686) his ring <02885> from his hand <03027>, and gave <05414> (8799) it unto Haman <02001> the son <01121> of Hammedatha <04099> the Agagite <091>, the Jews <03064>' enemy <06887> (8802). {enemy: or, oppressor} |
| 3:11 | And the king <04428> said <0559> (8799) unto Haman <02001>, The silver <03701> [is] given <05414> (8803) to thee, the people <05971> also, to do <06213> (8800) with them as it seemeth <05869> good <02896> to thee. |
| 3:12 | Then were the king's <04428> scribes <05608> (8802) called <07121> (8735) on the thirteenth <07969> <06240> day <03117> of the first <07223> month <02320>, and there was written <03789> (8735) according to all that Haman <02001> had commanded <06680> (8765) unto the king's <04428> lieutenants <0323>, and to the governors <06346> that [were] over every province <04082>, and to the rulers <08269> of every people <05971> of every province <04082> according to the writing <03791> thereof, and [to] every people <05971> after their language <03956>; in the name <08034> of king <04428> Ahasuerus <0325> was it written <03789> (8737), and sealed <02856> (8738) with the king's <04428> ring <02885>. {scribes: or, secretaries} |
| 3:13 | And the letters <05612> were sent <07971> (8736) by <03027> posts <07323> (8801) into all the king's <04428> provinces <04082>, to destroy <08045> (8687), to kill <02026> (8800), and to cause to perish <06> (8763), all Jews <03064>, both young <05288> and old <02205>, little children <02945> and women <0802>, in one <0259> day <03117>, [even] upon the thirteenth <07969> <06240> [day] of the twelfth <08147> <06240> month <02320>, which is the month <02320> Adar <0143>, and [to take] the spoil <07998> of them for a prey <0962> (8800). |
| 3:14 | The copy <06572> of the writing <03791> for a commandment <01881> to be given <05414> (8736) in every province <04082> was published <01540> (8803) unto all people <05971>, that they should be ready <06264> against that day <03117>. |
| 3:15 | The posts <07323> (8801) went out <03318> (8804), being hastened <01765> (8803) by the king's <04428> commandment <01697>, and the decree <01881> was given <05414> (8738) in Shushan <07800> the palace <01002>. And the king <04428> and Haman <02001> sat down <03427> (8804) to drink <08354> (8800); but the city <05892> Shushan <07800> was perplexed <0943> (8737). |
Ester 3 - AV with Strong Numbers
