Esther 9:5
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
Esther 9:5 in other translations
| BSB | The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them. |
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| WEB | The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them. |
| ASV | And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them. |
| YLT | And the Jews smite among all their enemies--a smiting of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction--and do with those hating them according to their pleasure, |
| DARBY | And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them. |
| BBE | So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their haters whatever they had a desire to do. |
| Webster | Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them. |
What does Esther 9:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 9:5-16
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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…
Esther 9:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Esther 9:5
- Psalms 18:47-48
It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man.
- Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle.
- Psalms 149:6-9
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.
- Psalms 18:34-40
He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. …
- Psalms 20:7-8
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:6
Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;
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Ps 18:34-40,47,48; 20:7,8; 149:6-9; 2Th 1:6
the stroke.
Jer 18:21
what they would. Heb. according to their will.The Chaldee paraphrast says that none appeared against the Jews but Amalekites only, who were infatuated, and had their hearts hardened, as Pharaoh's against Israel, to take up arms to their own destruction. Some had such an inveterate, implacable malice against the Jews, that Haman's fall and Mordecai's advancement, instead of convincing, seemed only to exasperate them the more. How have the most dreadful scourges ravaged a country, and yet the inhabitants are unmindful of the Almighty Disposer of events, and that the cause of his righteous displeasure is their continual provocation! Forty years long was he grieved with one generation, who learned not his ways, although daily fed and clothed by a miracle.
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Context
- Esther 9:4
For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
- Esther 9:5
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
- Esther 9:6
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.
Esther 9:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | E hirieron los Judíos á todos sus enemigos con plaga de espada, y de mortandad, y de perdición; é hicieron en sus enemigos á su voluntad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et les Juifs frappèrent tous leurs ennemis à coups d’épée, les tuant et les faisant périr, et ils firent ce qu’ils voulurent à ceux qui les haïssaient. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und die Juden richteten unter allen ihren Feinden eine Niederlage an, indem sie sie erstachen, ermordeten und umbrachten; und sie taten an ihren Hassern nach ihrem Wohlgefallen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Itaque percusserunt Judæi inimicos suos plaga magna, et occiderunt eos, reddentes eis quod sibi paraverant facere: |