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  8:1 ¶
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. |
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8:1 ¶
On that°
day°
did the king°
Ahasuerus°
give°°°
the house°
of Haman°
the Jews'°
enemy°°
unto Esther°
the queen.°
And Mordecai°
came°°
before°
the king;°
for°
Esther°
had told°°
what°
he°
[was] unto her. |
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8:2
And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. |
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8:2
And the king°
took off°°°
his ring,°
which°
he had taken°°
from Haman,°°
and gave°°
it unto Mordecai.°
And Esther°
set°°°
Mordecai°
over°
the house°
of Haman.° |
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8:3 ¶
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. |
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8:3 ¶
And Esther°
spake°°
yet again°°
before°
the king,°
and fell down°°
at°
his feet,°
and besought°°
him with tears°°
to put away°°°
the mischief°
of Haman°
the Agagite,°
and his device°
that°
he had devised°°
against°
the Jews.° |
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8:4
Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king. |
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8:4
Then the king°
held out°°°
the golden°
sceptre°
toward Esther.°
So Esther°
arose,°°
and stood°°
before°
the king,° |
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8:5
And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces: |
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8:5
And said,°°
If°
it please°°°
the king,°
and if°
I have found°°
favour°
in his sight,°
and the thing°
[seem] right°°
before°
the king,°
and I°
[be] pleasing°°
in his eyes,°
let it be written°°
to reverse°°°
the letters°
devised°
by Haman°
the son°
of Hammedatha°
the Agagite,°
which°
he wrote°°
to destroy°°°
the Jews°
which°
[are] in all°
the king's°
provinces:° |
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8:6
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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8:6
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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8:7 ¶
Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. |
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8:7 ¶
Then the king°
Ahasuerus°
said°°
unto Esther°
the queen°
and to Mordecai°
the Jew,°
Behold,°
I have given°°
Esther°
the house°
of Haman,°
and him they have hanged°°
upon°
the gallows,°
because°°
he laid°°
his hand°
upon the Jews.° |
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8:8
Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring; for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. |
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8:8
Write°°
ye°
also for°
the Jews,°
as it liketh°°
you,°
in the king's°
name,°
and seal°°
[it] with the king's°
ring:°
for°
the writing°
which°
is written°°
in the king's°
name,°
and sealed°°
with the king's°
ring,°
may no°
man reverse.°° |
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8:9
Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. |
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8:9
Then were the king's°
scribes°°
called°°
at that°
time°
in the third°
month,°
that°
[is], the month°
Sivan,°
on the three°
and twentieth°
[day] thereof; and it was written°°
according to all°
that°
Mordecai°
commanded°°
unto°
the Jews,°
and to°
the lieutenants,°
and the deputies°
and rulers°
of the provinces°
which°
[are] from India°°
unto°
Ethiopia,°
an hundred°
twenty°
and seven°
provinces,°
unto every province°
according to the writing°
thereof, and unto every people°
after their language,°
and to°
the Jews°
according to their writing,°
and according to their language.° |
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8:10
And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service, bred of the stud: |
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8:10
And he wrote°°
in the king°
Ahasuerus'°
name,°
and sealed°°
[it] with the king's°
ring,°
and sent°°
letters°
by°
posts°°
on horseback,°
[and] riders°°
on mules,°
camels,°
[and] young°
dromedaries:° |
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8:11
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, |
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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,°° |
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8:12
upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. |
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8:12
Upon one°
day°
in all°
the provinces°
of king°
Ahasuerus,°
[namely], upon the thirteenth°°
[day] of the twelfth°°
month,°
which°
[is] the month°
Adar.° |
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8:13
A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. |
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8:13
The copy°
of the writing°
for a commandment°
to be given°°
in every°
province°
[was] published°°
unto all°
people,°
and that the Jews°
should be°
ready°°°
against that°
day°
to avenge°°
themselves°
on their enemies.°°° |
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8:14
So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king's service went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. |
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8:14
[So] the posts°°
that rode°°
upon°
mules°
[and] camels°
went out,°°
being hastened°°
and pressed on°°
by the king's°
commandment.°
And the decree°
was given°°
at Shushan°
the palace.° |
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8:15 ¶
And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad. |
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8:15 ¶
And Mordecai°
went out°°
from the presence°°
of the king°
in royal°
apparel°
of blue°
and white,°
and with a great°
crown°
of gold,°
and with a garment°
of fine linen°
and purple:°
and the city°
of Shushan°
rejoiced°°
and was glad.°° |
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8:16
The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor. |
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8:16
The Jews°
had°
light,°
and gladness,°
and joy,°
and honour.° |
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8:17
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen upon them. |
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8:17
And in every°
province,°
and in every°
city,°
whithersoever°°
the king's°
commandment°
and his decree°
came,°°
the Jews°
had joy°
and gladness,°
a feast°
and a good°
day.°
And many°
of the people°°
of the land°
became Jews;°°
for°
the fear°
of the Jews°
fell°°
upon°
them. |
