Esther 9:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² the Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to kill those who had sought their ruin, and no one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² The Jews gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on such as sought their hurt; and no man could withstand them, for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples.

American Standard Version (1901)

² the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them was fallen upon all the peoples.

Common English Bible

² The Jews joined together in their towns in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to defend themselves against those who tried to harm them. No one was able to stand in their way because everyone was afraid of the Jews.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And when she was shining in a royal manner, and had called upon God, the Guide and Savior of all, she took two maids with her.

Esther 9:2 Cross References

Esther 8:17

In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his edict came, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a festival and a holiday. Furthermore, many of the peoples of the country professed to be Jews because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

Esther 8:11

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

Psalm 71:24

All day long my tongue will talk of your righteous help, for those who tried to do me harm have been put to shame and disgraced.

Psalm 71:13

Let my accusers be put to shame and consumed; let those who seek to hurt me be covered with scorn and disgrace.

Isaiah 8:9

Take notice, you peoples, and be dismayed; listen, all you far countries; gird yourselves and be dismayed!

Esther 9:10

the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not touch the plunder.

Joshua 11:20

For it was the Lord’s doing to harden their hearts so that they would come against Israel in battle, in order that they might be utterly destroyed and might receive no mercy but be exterminated, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Joshua 2:9

and said to the men, “I know that the Lord has given you the land and that dread of you has fallen on us and that all the inhabitants of the land melt in fear before you.

Deuteronomy 2:30

But King Sihon of Heshbon was not willing to let us pass through, for the Lord your God had hardened his spirit and made his heart defiant in order to hand him over to you, as he has now done.

Exodus 23:27

I will send my terror in front of you and will throw into confusion all the people against whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.

Genesis 35:5

As they journeyed, a terror from God fell upon the cities all around them, so that no one pursued them.