Esther 3:8
Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
Note for the…: Heb. meet or, equal, etc
Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- scattered abroad
- Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 4:27; Deuteronomy 30:3; Deuteronomy 32:26; Nehemiah 1:8; Jeremiah 50:17; Ezekiel 6:8; Ezekiel 11:16; Zechariah 7:14; John 7:35; James 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1
- their laws
- Ezra 4:12–15; Acts 16:20, 21; Acts 17:6, 7; Acts 24:5; Acts 28:22