Esther 8:11
By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
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,
In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together and to defend their lives—to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,
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,
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- to gather
- Esther 9:2–16
- to destroy
- Psalm 37:14, 15; Psalm 68:3; Psalm 137:8; Psalm 146:6–9; Ezekiel 39:10
- and to take the spoil
- Esther 3:13; Esther 9:10, 15, 16; Isaiah 10:6