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The Persian Empire in the Time of EstherEsther 8:1
1On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews enemy unto Esther the queen And Mordecai came before the king for Esther had told what he was unto her
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1On … day | 2that | 3did … give | 4the king | 5Ahasuerus | 6unto Esther | 7the queen | 8— | 9the house | 10of Haman | 11enemy | 12the Jews | 13And Mordecai | 14came | 15before | 16the king | 17for | 18had told | 19Esther | 20what | 21he | 22was unto her
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Job 27:16-17 | Psalms 39:6 | Psalms 49:6-13 | Proverbs 13:22 | Proverbs 28:8 | Ecclesiastes 2:18-19 | Luke 12:20 | Esther 1:14 | Esther 2:7, 15
Esther 8:2
2And the king took off his ring which he had taken from Haman and gave it unto Mordecai And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And … took off | 2the king | 3— | 4his ring | 5which | 6he had taken | 7from Haman | 8and gave it | 9unto Mordecai | 10And … set | 11Esther | 12— | 13Mordecai | 14over | 15the house | 16of Haman
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Esther 3:10 | Genesis 41:42 | Isaiah 22:19-22 | Luke 15:22 | 2 Samuel 9:7-10 | Psalms 37:34 | Ecclesiastes 2:18-26 | Ecclesiastes 5:13-14 | Daniel 2:48
Esther 8:3
3And Esther spake yet again before the king and fell down at his feet and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite and his device that he had devised against the Jews
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And … again | 2Esther | 3spake yet | 4before | 5the king | 6and fell down | 7at | 8his feet | 9with tears | 10and besought | 11him | 12to put away | 13— | 14the mischief | 15of Haman | 16the Agagite | 17and | 18his device | 19that | 20he had devised | 21against | 22the Jews
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1 Samuel 25:24 | 2 Kings 4:27 | Isaiah 38:2 | Hosea 12:4 | Hebrews 5:7 | Esther 3:8-15 | Esther 7:4
Esther 8:4
4Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre So Esther arose and stood before the king
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Then … held out | 2the king | 3to Esther | 4— | 5sceptre | 6the golden | 7So … arose | 8Esther | 9and stood | 10before | 11the king
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Esther 8:5
5And she said If it please the king and if I have found favor in his sight and the thing seem right before the king and I be pleasing in his eyes let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king’s provinces
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And she said | 2If | 3— | 4the king | 5it please | 6and if | 7I have found | 8favor | 9in his sight | 10and … seem right | 11the thing | 12before | 13the king | 14and … be pleasing | 15I | 16in his eyes | 17let it be written | 18to reverse | 19— | 20the letters | 21devised | 22by Haman | 23the son | 24of Hammedatha | 25the Agagite | 26which | 27he wrote | 28to destroy | 29— | 30the Jews | 31that | 32are in all | 33provinces | 34the king’s
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Esther 7:3 | Exodus 33:13, 16 | 1 Samuel 20:29 | Esther 2:4, 17 | Esther 3:12-13
Esther 8:6
6for 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
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1for | 2how | 3can I endure | 4to see | 5the evil | 6that | 7shall come | 8unto | 9my people | 10or how | 11can I endure | 12to see | 13the destruction | 14of my kindred
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Genesis 44:34 | Jeremiah 4:19 | Jeremiah 9:1 | Luke 19:41-42 | Romans 9:2-3 | Romans 10:1 | Esther 7:4 | Nehemiah 2:3
Esther 8:7
7Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew Behold I have given Esther the house of Haman and him they have hanged upon the gallows because he laid his hand upon the Jews
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Then … said | 2the king | 3Ahasuerus | 4unto Esther | 5the queen | 6and to Mordecai | 7the Jew | 8Behold | 9the house | 10of Haman | 11I have given | 12Esther | 13and him | 14they have hanged | 15upon | 16the gallows | 17because | 18because | 19he laid | 20his hand | 21upon the Jews
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Esther 8:8
8Write ye also to the Jews as it pleaseth you in the king’s name and seal it with the king’s ring for the writing which is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s ring may no man reverse
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1ye also | 2Write | 3to | 4the Jews | 5as it pleaseth | 6you | 7in … name | 8the king’s | 9and seal | 10with … ring | 11the king’s | 12for | 13the writing | 14which | 15is written | 16in … name | 17the king’s | 18and sealed | 19with … ring | 20the king’s | 21no | 22may … reverse
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Esther 3:12 | 1 Kings 21:8 | Esther 8:5 | Esther 1:19 | Daniel 6:8, 12-15 | 2 Timothy 2:19 | Hebrews 6:17-18
Esther 8:9
9Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month which is the month Sivan on the three and twentieth day thereof and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia a hundred twenty and seven provinces unto every province according to the writing thereof and unto every people after their language and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Then were … called | 2scribes | 3the king’s | 4at … time | 5that | 6in the … month | 7third | 8which | 9is the month | 10Sivan | 11on the three | 12and twentieth day | 13thereof | 14and it was written | 15according to all | 16that | 17commanded | 18Mordecai | 19unto | 20the Jews | 21and to | 22the satraps | 23and the governors | 24and princes | 25of the provinces | 26which | 27are from India | 28unto | 29Ethiopia | 30seven | 31twenty and | 32a hundred | 33provinces | 34unto every province | 35— | 36according to the writing thereof | 37and unto every people | 38— | 39after their language | 40and to | 41the Jews | 42according to their writing | 43and according to their language
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Esther 3:12 | Esther 1:1, 22 | Esther 3:12-13 | Daniel 6:1 | Esther 1:22 | 2 Kings 18:26 | Daniel 4:1 | 1 Corinthians 14:9-11
Esther 8:10
10And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king’s ring and sent letters by posts on horseback riding on swift steeds that were used in the king’s service bred of the stud
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And he wrote | 2in … name | 3the … of king | 4Ahasuerus | 5and sealed | 6with … ring | 7the king’s | 8and sent | 9letters | 10by | 11posts | 12on horseback | 13riding on | 14swift steeds | 15that were used in the king’s service | 16bred | 17of the stud
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1 Kings 21:8 | Ecclesiastes 8:4 | Daniel 4:1 | Esther 3:13 | 2 Chronicles 30:6 | Job 9:25 | Jeremiah 51:21 | Isaiah 60:6 | Isaiah 66:20 | Jeremiah 2:23
Esther 8:11
11wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together and to stand for their life to destroy to slay and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them their little ones and women and to take the spoil of them for a prey
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1wherein | 2granted | 3the king | 4the Jews | 5that | 6were in every | 7city | 8— | 9to gather themselves together | 10and to stand | 11for | 12their life | 13to destroy | 14to slay | 15and to cause to perish | 16— | 17all | 18the power | 19of the people | 20and province | 21that would assault | 22them their | 23little ones | 24and women | 25and … the spoil of them | 26to take … for a prey
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Esther 9:2-16 | Psalms 37:14-15 | Psalms 68:3 | Psalms 137:8 | Psalms 146:6-9 | Ezekiel 39:10 | Esther 3:13 | Esther 9:10, 15-16 | Isaiah 10:6
Esther 8:12
12upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus namely upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month which is the month Adar
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1upon … day | 2one | 3in all | 4provinces | 5the … of king | 6Ahasuerus | 7upon the thirteenth day | 8the thirteenth day | 9of the … month | 10twelfth | 11twelfth | 12which | 13is the month | 14Adar
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Esther 8:13
13A copy of the writing that the decree should be given out in every province was published unto all the peoples and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1A copy | 2of the writing | 3that … should be given out | 4the decree | 5in every | 6province | 7— | 8was published | 9unto all | 10the peoples | 11and that … should be | 12the Jews | 13ready | 14against … day | 15that | 16to avenge themselves | 17on their enemies
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Judges 16:28 | Psalms 37:14-15 | Psalms 68:23 | Psalms 92:10-11 | Psalms 149:6-9 | Luke 18:7 | Revelation 6:10
Esther 8:14
14So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king’s service went out being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1the posts | 2that rode upon | 3swift steeds | 4that were used in the king’s service | 5went out | 6being hastened | 7and pressed on | 8by … commandment | 9the king’s | 10and the decree | 11was given out | 12in Shushan | 13the palace
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1 Samuel 21:8 | Ecclesiastes 9:10 | Esther 1:2 | Esther 2:3 | Esther 3:15 | Nehemiah 1:1 | Daniel 8:2
Esther 8:15
15And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white and with a great crown of gold and with a robe of fine linen and purple and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And Mordecai | 2went forth | 3from the presence | 4of the king | 5in … apparel | 6royal | 7of blue | 8and white | 9and with a … crown | 10of gold | 11great | 12and with a robe | 13of fine linen | 14and purple | 15and the city | 16of Shushan | 17shouted | 18and was glad
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Esther 5:1 | Esther 6:8, 11 | Genesis 41:42 | Matthew 6:29 | Matthew 11:8 | Luke 16:19 | Esther 1:6 | Esther 3:15 | Proverbs 29:2
Esther 8:16
16The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1The Jews | 2had | 3light | 4and gladness | 5and joy | 6and honor
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Esther 4:1-3, 16 | Psalms 30:5-11 | Esther 9:17 | Psalms 18:28 | Psalms 97:11 | Proverbs 4:18-19 | Proverbs 11:10 | Isaiah 30:29-30 | Isaiah 35:10
Esther 8:17
17And in every province and in every city whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came the Jews had gladness and joy a feast and a good day And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And in every | 2province | 3— | 4and in every | 5city | 6— | 7whithersoever | 8whithersoever | 9commandment | 10the king’s | 11and his decree | 12came | 13gladness | 14and joy | 15the Jews had | 16a feast | 17and a … day | 18good | 19And many | 20from among the peoples | 21of the land | 22became Jews | 23for | 24was fallen | 25the fear | 26of the Jews | 27upon them
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Esther 9:17, 19, 22 | 1 Samuel 25:8 | Nehemiah 8:10 | Psalms 18:43 | Zechariah 8:20-23 | Esther 9:2 | Genesis 35:5 | Exodus 15:16 | Deuteronomy 2:25 | Deuteronomy 11:25
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