Esther 3:9 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEsther 3:9 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
אִם
ʼim
H518
if
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
ט֔וֹב
ṭôwb
H2895
to be good
יִכָּתֵ֖ב
kâthab
H3789
to write
לְאַבְּדָ֑ם
ʼâbad
H6
to perish
וַעֲשֶׂ֨רֶת
ʻeser
H6235
ten
אֲלָפִ֜ים
ʼeleph
H505
thousand
כִּכַּר
kikkâr
H3603
round
כֶּ֗סֶף
keçeph
H3701
silver
אֶשְׁקוֹל֙
shâqal
H8254
to weigh
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
יְדֵי֙
yâd
H3027
hand
עֹשֵׂ֣י
ʻâsâh
H6213
to do
הַמְּלָאכָ֔ה
mᵉlâʼkâh
H4399
work
לְהָבִ֖יא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
גִּנְזֵ֥י
genez
H1595
treasury
הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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 who have the charge of the [king's] business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
If it is good to the king, let it be written to destroy them, and I will weigh out 10,000 talents of silver into the hands of the doers of the work, to bring into the treasuries of the king.”
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