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Esther 7:4

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

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ASV

for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s damage.

KJV

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nuwe have been soldH4376
אֲנִ֣י'a.NiIH589
וְעַמִּ֔יve.'a.Miand people myH5971
לְהַשְׁמִ֖ידle.hash.Midto annihilateH8045
לַהֲר֣וֹגla.ha.Rogto killH2026
וּלְאַבֵּ֑דu.le.'a.Bedand to destroyH6
וְ֠אִלּוּVe.'i.luand ifH432
לַעֲבָדִ֨יםla.'a.va.Dimto male slavesH5650
וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹתve.lish.fa.Chotand to female slavesH8198
נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙nim.Kar.nuwe had been soldH4376
הֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּיhe.che.Rash.tiI kept quietH2790
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
אֵ֥ין'einnotH369
הַצָּ֛רha.Tzarthe distressH6862
שֹׁוֶ֖הsho.Veh[is] equalH7737
בְּנֵ֥זֶקbe.Ne.zekfor [the] injury ofH5143
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃ סha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428

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About Esther

Esther Accuses Haman — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Esther Accuses Haman — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain