If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”

  • KJV King James Version

    If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    If it please the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have the charge of the king's business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.'

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to Esther 3:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Genesis 23:16 Abraham listened to Ephron. Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the children of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the current merchants’ standard.
  • Matthew 18:24 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

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Explain this verse (15 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, weigh.

Hebrew, weigh.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Est 3:9 If it please the king, let it…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Let it be written; let there be a written…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain If it please the king, let it be written,…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. Let it be written that they may…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Est 3:9. Let it be written that they may…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Ten thousand talents of silver - According to Herodotus,…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Talents. Hebrew, &c., add, "of silver." (Menochius) --- If…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain I will pay ten thousand talents of silver .…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. Ten thousand talents of silver — Nearly $1,700,000.…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. that they be destroyed] lit. to destroy them.…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Ten thousand talents of silver.—This would be about…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain If it please the king, lot it be written…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain I will pay ten thousand talents of silver.
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:9 Haman tipped his hand by offering to bribe…

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