Verse 8
And Haman{H2001} said{H559} unto king{H4428} Ahasuerus,{H325} There is{H3426} a certain{H259} people{H5971} scattered abroad{H6340} and dispersed{H6504} among the peoples{H5971} in all the provinces{H4082} of thy kingdom;{H4438} and their laws{H1881} are diverse{H8138} from [those of] every people;{H5971} neither keep{H6213} they the king's{H4428} laws:{H1881} therefore it is not for the king's{H4428} profit{H7737} to suffer{H3240} them.
Referenced Verses
- Acts 16:20-21 : 20 and{G2532} when they had brought{G4317} them{G846} unto the magistrates,{G4755} they said,{G2036} These{G3778} men,{G444} being{G5225} Jews,{G2453} do exceedingly trouble{G1613} our{G2257} city,{G4172} 21 and{G2532} set forth{G2605} customs{G1485} which{G3739} it is{G1832} not{G3756} lawful{G1832} for us{G2254} to receive,{G3858} or{G3761} to observe,{G4160} being{G5607} Romans.{G4514}
- Ezra 4:12-15 : 12 Be it{H1934} known{H3046} unto the king,{H4430} that the Jews{H3062} that{H1768} came up{H5559} from{H4481} thee{H3890} are come{H858} to us{H5922} unto Jerusalem;{H3390} they are building{H1124} the rebellious{H4779} and the bad{H873} city,{H7149} and have finished{H3635} the walls,{H7792} and repaired{H2338} the foundations.{H787} 13 Be it known{H3046} now{H3705} unto the king,{H4430} that, if{H2006} this{H1791} city{H7149} be builded,{H1124} and the walls{H7792} finished,{H3635} they will not{H3809} pay{H5415} tribute,{H1093} custom,{H1983} or toll,{H4061} and in the end it will be hurtful{H5142} unto{H674} the kings.{H4430} 14 Now{H3705} because{H6903} we eat{H1768} the salt{H4415} of the palace,{H1965} and it is not{H3809} meet{H749} for us to see{H2370} the king's{H4430} dishonor,{H6173} therefore{H5922} have we sent{H7972} and certified{H3046} the king;{H4430} 15 that search{H1240} may be made in the book{H5609} of the records{H1799} of thy fathers:{H2} so shalt thou find{H7912} in the book{H5609} of the records,{H1799} and know{H3046} that this{H1791} city{H7149} is a rebellious{H4779} city,{H7149} and hurtful{H5142} unto kings{H4430} and provinces,{H4083} and that they have moved{H5648} sedition{H849} within the same{H1459} of{H4481} old{H5957} time;{H3118} for{H5922} which{H1836} cause was this{H1791} city{H7149} laid waste.{H2718}
- Lev 26:33 : 33 And you will I scatter{H2219} among the nations,{H1471} and I will draw out{H7324} the sword{H2719} after{H310} you: and your land{H776} shall be a desolation,{H8077} and your cities{H5892} shall be a waste.{H2723}
- Deut 4:27 : 27 And Jehovah{H3068} will scatter{H6327} you among the peoples,{H5971} and ye shall be left{H7604} few{H4962} in number{H4557} among the nations,{H1471} whither Jehovah{H3068} shall lead{H5090} you away.
- Deut 30:3 : 3 that then Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} will turn{H7725} thy captivity,{H7622} and have compassion{H7355} upon thee, and will return{H7725} and gather{H6908} thee from all the peoples,{H5971} whither Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath scattered{H6327} thee.
- Deut 32:26 : 26 I said,{H559} I would scatter them afar,{H6284} I would make the remembrance{H2143} of them to cease{H7673} from among men;{H582}
- Neh 1:8 : 8 Remember,{H2142} I beseech thee, the word{H1697} that thou commandedst{H6680} thy servant{H5650} Moses,{H4872} saying,{H559} If ye trespass,{H4603} I will scatter you abroad{H6327} among the peoples:{H5971}
- Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel{H3478} is a hunted{H6340} sheep;{H7716} the lions{H738} have driven him away:{H5080} first,{H7223} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} devoured{H398} him; and now at last{H314} Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath broken his bones.{H6105}
- Ezek 6:8 : 8 Yet will I leave a remnant,{H3498} in that ye shall have some that escape{H6412} the sword{H2719} among the nations,{H1471} when ye shall be scattered{H2219} through the countries.{H776}
- Ezek 11:16 : 16 Therefore say,{H559} Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} Whereas I have removed them far off{H7368} among the nations,{H1471} and whereas I have scattered{H6327} them among the countries,{H776} yet will I be to them a sanctuary{H4720} for a little{H4592} while in the countries{H776} where they are come.{H935}
- Zech 7:14 : 14 but I will scatter them with a whirlwind{H5590} among all the nations{H1471} which they have not known.{H3045} Thus the land{H776} was desolate{H8074} after{H310} them, so that no man passed through{H5674} nor returned:{H7725} for they laid{H7760} the pleasant{H2532} land{H776} desolate.{H8047}
- John 7:35 : 35 The Jews{G2453} therefore{G3767} said{G2036} among{G4314} themselves,{G1438} Whither{G4226} will{G3195} this man{G3778} go{G4198} that{G3754} we{G2249} shall{G2147} not{G3756} find{G2147} him?{G3361} will he{G3195} go{G4198} unto{G1519} the Dispersion{G1290} among the Greeks,{G1672} and{G2532} teach{G1321} the Greeks?{G1672}
- Acts 17:6-7 : 6 And{G1161} when they found{G2147} them{G846} not,{G3361} they dragged{G4951} Jason{G2394} and{G2532} certain{G5100} brethren{G80} before{G1909} the rulers of the city,{G4173} crying,{G994} These{G3778} that{G3754} have turned{G387} the world{G3625} upside down{G387} are come{G3918} hither{G1759} also;{G2532} 7 whom{G3739} Jason{G2394} hath received:{G5264} and{G2532} these{G3778} all{G3956} act{G4238} contrary{G561} to the decrees{G1378} of Caesar,{G2541} saying{G3004} that there is{G1511} another{G2087} king,{G935} [one] Jesus.{G2424}
- Acts 24:5 : 5 For{G1063} we have found{G2147} this{G5126} man{G435} a pestilent{G3061} fellow, and{G2532} a mover{G2795} of insurrections{G4714} among{G3956} all the Jews{G2453} throughout{G2596} the world,{G3625} and{G5037} a ringleader{G4414} of the sect{G139} of the Nazarenes:{G3480}
- Acts 28:22 : 22 But{G1161} we desire{G515} to hear{G191} of{G3844} thee{G4675} what{G3739} thou thinkest:{G5426} for{G1063} as{G3303} concerning{G4012} this{G3778} sect,{G139} it is known{G1110} to us{G2254} that{G3754} everywhere{G3837} it is{G2076} spoken against.{G483}
- Jas 1:1 : 1 James,{G2385} a servant{G1401} of God{G2316} and{G2532} of the Lord{G2962} Jesus{G2424} Christ,{G5547} to the twelve{G1427} tribes{G5443} which are of the Dispersion,{G1290} greeting.{G5463}
- 1 Pet 1:1 : 1 Peter,{G4074} an apostle{G652} of Jesus{G2424} Christ,{G5547} to the elect who are sojourners{G3927} of the Dispersion in{G1290} Pontus,{G4195} Galatia,{G1053} Cappadocia,{G2587} Asia,{G773} and{G2532} Bithynia,{G1588}