So the descendants went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, to do with them as they pleased.
Esther 9:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 So the Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the Jews smote all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering and destroying them, and did as they chose with those who hated them. American Standard Version (1901) 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. Common English Bible The Jews put down all their enemies with sword blows, killing, and destruction. They did whatever they wanted with those who hated them. Catholic Public Domain Version Yet she had a rosy color pouring over her face, for, with gracious and bright eyes, she restrained a sorrowful soul and very great fear. English Standard Version 2016 The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and did as they pleased to those who hated them. |
So the descendants went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, to do with them as they pleased.
Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, giving orders to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, children and women, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.
By these letters the king allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and defend their lives, to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any armed force of any people or province that might attack them, their children, and their women, and to plunder their goods
Therefore give their children over to famine; hurl them out to the power of the sword; let their wives become childless and widowed. May their men meet death by pestilence, their youths be slain by the sword in battle.