Esther 9:10
They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, slew they; but on the spoil they laid not their hand.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- ten sons
- Esther 5:11; Exodus 20:5; Job 18:18, 19; Job 27:13–15; Psalm 21:10; Psalm 109:12, 13
- enemy
- Esther 3:1; Esther 7:4, 6; Exodus 17:16
- but on the spoil
- It does not appear that the Jews slew any person who did not rise up to destroy them: they stood for their lives; and gave full proof that they sought their own personal safety, and not the property of their enemies: though the decree in their favour gave them authority to take the property of all their adversaries.
- Esther 9:15, 16; Esther 8:11; Genesis 14:23; Romans 12:17; Philippians 4:8