Esther 3:14 KJV — MannaFest

Esther 3:14

The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day.

KJV

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ASV

A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

WEB

A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.

YLT

a copy of the writing to be made law in every province and province is revealed to all the peoples, to be ready for this day.

DBT

That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

About this book

Old Testament

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Esther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.

Author: Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
Date: Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC

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Esther 8:13–14
The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
Ezra 6:12
And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.
Esther 4:8
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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No crime is laid to their charge; it is not pretended that they were obnoxious to the public justice, nor is any condition offered, upon performance of which they might have their lives spared; but die they must, without mercy.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Then were the king's scribes called . . . and there was written--The government secretaries were employed in making out the proclamation authorizing a universal massacre of the Jews on one day. It was translated into the dialects of all the people throughout the vast empire, and swift messengers were sent to carry it into all the provinces.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

This Haman was an Agagite (an Amalekite, says Josephus), probably of the descendants of Agag, a common name of the princes of Amalek, as appears, Num. xxiv. Some think that he was by birth a prince, as Jehoiakim was, whose seat was set above the rest of the captive kings ( 2 Kings xxv.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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