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Esther 8:6

For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”

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ASV

for 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?

KJV

For 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?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כִּ֠יkiforH3588 →
אֵיכָכָ֤ה'ei.kha.Khahhow?H349 →
אוּכַל֙'u.Khalwill I be ableH3201 →
וְֽרָאִ֔יתִיve.ra.'I.tiand I will lookH7200 →
בָּרָעָ֖הba.ra.'Ahon the evilH7451 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
יִמְצָ֣אyim.Tza'it will findH4672 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עַמִּ֑י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤הve.'ei.kha.Khahand how?H349 →
אוּכַל֙'u.Khalwill I be ableH3201 →
וְֽרָאִ֔יתִיve.ra.'I.tiand I will lookH7200 →
בְּאָבְדַ֖ןbe.'a.ve.Danon [the] destruction ofH13 →
מוֹלַדְתִּֽי׃ סmo.lad.Tikindred myH4138 →

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Romans 9:3For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,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.”Romans 10:1Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.Romans 9:2–3I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.Joshua 2:12Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD that you will indeed show kindness to my family, because I showed kindness to you. Give me a sure signGenesis 21:16Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.Nehemiah 2:3and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”Genesis 44:34For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”Luke 19:41–42As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over itJeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.Esther 9:1On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.Jeremiah 39:6There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.Esther 4:8Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.Joshua 2:18unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all your family into your house.

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Esther Before the King — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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