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Esther 8:11

By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.

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ASV

wherein 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,

KJV

Wherein the king granted the Jews which 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, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,

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26 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherthatH834 →
נָתַ֨ןna.Tanhe had permittedH5414 →
הַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
לַיְּהוּדִ֣ים׀lai.ye.hu.Dimto the JewsH3064 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
בְּכָל־be.khol[were] in everyH3605 →
עִיר־'ir-cityH5892 →
וָעִ֗ירva.'Irand cityH5892 →
לְהִקָּהֵל֮le.hi.ka.Helto assembleH6950 →
וְלַעֲמֹ֣דve.la.'a.Modand to make a standH5975 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
נַפְשָׁם֒naf.Shamlife theirH5315 →
לְהַשְׁמִיד֩le.hash.Midto annihilateH8045 →
וְלַהֲרֹ֨גve.la.ha.Rogand to killH2026 →
וּלְאַבֵּ֜דu.le.'a.Bedand to destroyH6 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
חֵ֨ילcheilarmy ofH2428 →
עַ֧ם'ampeopleH5971 →
וּמְדִינָ֛הu.me.di.Nahand provinceH4082 →
הַצָּרִ֥יםha.tza.Rimwhich attacksH6696 →
אֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853 →
טַ֣ףtaflittle one[s]H2945 →
וְנָשִׁ֑יםve.na.Shimand womenH802 →
וּשְׁלָלָ֖םu.she.la.Lamand spoil theirH7998 →
לָבֽוֹז׃la.Vozto take as plunderH962 →

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Esther 9:16The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.Psalms 37:14–15The wicked have drawn the sword and bent the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.Esther 3:13And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.Ezekiel 39:10They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.Psalms 146:6–9the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.Esther 9:2–16In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.Psalms 137:8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.Esther 9:2In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.Esther 9:10They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.Psalms 68:3But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.Esther 7:4For 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.”Esther 9:13Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”Genesis 49:28These are the tribes of Israel, twelve in all, and this was what their father said to them. He blessed them, and he blessed each one with a suitable blessing.Isaiah 10:6I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.Esther 9:15On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.Jeremiah 48:4Moab will be shattered; her little ones will cry out.Jeremiah 25:10Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.

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