Esther 9 · Verse 13

Esther 9:13

Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
Esther 9:13, King James Version

Esther 9:13 in other translations

BSBEsther 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.”
WEBThen Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do tomorrow also according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
ASVThen said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
YLTAnd Esther saith, ‘If to the king it be good, let it be given also to-morrow, to the Jews who are in Shushan, to do according to the law of to-day; and the ten sons of Haman they hang on the tree.'
DARBYAnd Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews that are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
BBEThen Esther said, If it is the king's pleasure, let authority be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow as has been done today, and let orders be given for the hanging of Haman's ten sons.
WebsterThen said Esther, If it shall please the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do to-morrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

What does Esther 9:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:5-16

5-16. Thus the Jews smote all their enemies--The effect of the two antagonistic decrees was, in the meantime, to raise a fierce and bloody war between the Jews and their enemies throughout the Persian empire; but through the dread of Esther and Mordecai, the provincial governors universally favored their cause, so that their enemies fell in great numbers.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Let Haman's ten sons be hanged - They had been slain the preceding day, and now she requests that they may be exposed on posts or gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the destruction of the Jews.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 9:1-19

The enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them by the former edict. If they had attempted nothing against the people of God, they would not themselves have suffered. The Jews, acting together, strengthened one another. Let us learn to stand fast in one spirit, and with one mind, striving together against the enemies of our souls, who endeavour to rob us of our faith, which is more precious than our lives. The…

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Esther 9:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַתֹּ֤אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559
אֶסְתֵּר֙'es.TerEstherH635
אִם\־'im-ifH518
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
ט֔וֹבTovgoodH2896
יִנָּתֵ֣ןyi.na.Tenlet it be permittedH5414
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
מָחָ֗רma.ChartomorrowH4279
לַיְּהוּדִים֙lai.ye.hu.Dimto the JewsH3064
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
בְּשׁוּשָׁ֔ןbe.shu.Shan[are] in SusaH7800
לַעֲשׂ֖וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213
כְּדָ֣תke.Dataccording to [the] law ofH1881
הַיּ֑וֹםhai.Yomthis dayH3117
וְאֵ֛תve.'Etand <obj.>H853
עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת'a.Se.ret[the] tenH6235
בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-[the] sons ofH1121
הָמָ֖ןha.ManHamanH2001
יִתְל֥וּyit.Lulet them hangH8518
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָעֵֽץ\׃ha.'Etzthe gallowsH6086

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Cross references for Esther 9:13

  • Esther 8:11

    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,

  • Deuteronomy 21:23

    His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.

  • Galatians 3:13

    Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree:

  • 2 Samuel 21:6

    Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. And the king said, I will give them.

  • Esther 9:15

    For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

  • 2 Samuel 21:9

    And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
If it please the king.Esther had probably been informed by Mordecai, that there were still many enemies of the Jews who sought their destruction, who had escaped the preceding day; and therefore begged that the second day might be added to the former permission; and that the sons of Haman, who had already been slain, might be suspended on gibbets, as a terror to those who sought the destruction of the Jews.
according unto.
8:11
let Haman's ten sons be hanged. Heb. let men hang Haman'sten sons.
De 21:23; 2Sa 21:6,9; Ga 3:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Esther 9:12

    And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

  • Esther 9:13

    Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

  • Esther 9:14

    And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

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Esther 9:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y respondió Esther: Si place al rey, concédase también mañana á los Judíos en Susán, que hagan conforme á la ley de hoy; y que cuelguen en la horca á los diez hijos de Amán.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Esther dit: Si le roi le trouve bon, qu’il soit accordé encore demain aux Juifs qui sont à Suse de faire selon l’édit d’aujourd’hui; et qu’on pende au bois les dix fils d’Haman.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Esther sprach: Wenn es den König gut dünkt, so werde auch morgen den Juden, die in Susan sind, gestattet, nach dem heutigen Befehle zu tun; und die zehn Söhne Hamans hänge man an das Holz.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Cui illa respondit: Si regi placet, detur potestas Judæis, ut sicut fecerunt hodie in Susan, sic et cras faciant, et decem filii Aman in patibulis suspendantur.