Verse 4
for we are sold,{H4376} I and my people,{H5971} to be destroyed,{H8045} to be slain,{H2026} and to perish.{H6} But if{H432} we had been sold{H4376} for bondmen{H5650} and bondwomen,{H8198} I had held my peace,{H2790} although the adversary{H6862} could not have compensated{H7737} for the king's{H4428} damage.{H5143}
Referenced Verses
- Esth 3:9 : 9 If it please{H2895} the king,{H4428} let it be written{H3789} that they be destroyed:{H6} and I will pay{H8254} ten{H6235} thousand{H505} talents{H3603} of silver{H3701} into the hands{H3027} of those that have the charge{H6213} of the [king's] business,{H4399} to bring{H935} it into the king's{H4428} treasuries.{H1595}
- Esth 3:13 : 13 And letters{H5612} were sent{H7971} by{H3027} posts{H7323} into all the king's{H4428} provinces,{H4082} to destroy,{H8045} to slay, and to cause to perish,{H8045} all Jews,{H3064} both young{H5288} and old,{H2205} little children{H2945} and women,{H802} in one{H259} day,{H3117} even upon the thirteenth{H7969} day{H3117} of the twelfth{H8147} month,{H2320} which is the month{H2320} Adar,{H143} and to take the spoil{H7998} of them for a prey.{H962}
- Deut 28:68 : 68 And Jehovah{H3068} will bring{H7725} thee into Egypt{H4714} again{H7725} with ships,{H591} by the way{H1870} whereof I said{H559} unto thee, Thou shalt see{H7200} it no more again:{H3254} and there ye shall sell{H4376} yourselves unto your enemies{H341} for bondmen{H5650} and for bondwomen,{H8198} and no man shall buy{H7069} you.
- Esth 8:11 : 11 wherein the king{H4428} granted{H5414} the Jews{H3064} that were in every city{H5892} to gather themselves together,{H6950} and to stand{H5975} for their life,{H5315} to destroy,{H8045} to slay,{H2026} and to cause to perish,{H6} all the power{H2428} of the people{H5971} and province{H4082} that would assault{H6696} them, [their] little ones{H2945} and women,{H802} and to take the spoil{H7998} of them for a prey,{H962}
- Ps 44:22-23 : 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed{H2026} all the day{H3117} long; We are accounted{H2803} as sheep{H6629} for the slaughter.{H2878} 23 Awake,{H5782} why sleepest{H3462} thou, O Lord?{H136} Arise,{H6974} cast [us] not off{H2186} for ever.{H5331}
- Joel 3:6 : 6 and have sold{H4376} the children{H1121} of Judah{H3063} and the children{H1121} of Jerusalem{H3389} unto the sons of the Grecians,{H3125} that ye may remove them far{H7368} from their border;{H1366}
- Amos 2:6 : 6 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Israel,{H3478} yea, for four,{H702} I will not turn away{H7725} the punishment thereof; because they have sold{H4376} the righteous{H6662} for silver,{H3701} and the needy{H34} for a pair of shoes—{H5275}
- Gen 37:26-28 : 26 And Judah{H3063} said{H559} unto his brethren,{H251} What profit{H1215} is it if we slay{H2026} our brother{H251} and conceal{H3680} his blood?{H1818} 27 Come,{H3212} and let us sell{H4376} him to the Ishmaelites,{H3459} and let not our hand{H3027} be upon him; for he is our brother,{H251} our flesh.{H1320} And his brethren{H251} hearkened{H8085} unto him. 28 And there passed{H5674} by Midianites,{H4084} merchantmen;{H582} and they drew{H4900} and lifted up{H5927} Joseph{H3130} out of the pit,{H953} and sold{H4376} Joseph{H3130} to the Ishmaelites{H3459} for twenty{H6242} pieces of silver.{H3701} And they brought{H935} Joseph{H3130} into Egypt.{H4714}
- Josh 9:23 : 23 Now therefore ye are cursed,{H779} and there shall never fail{H3772} to be of you bondmen,{H5650} both hewers{H2404} of wood{H6086} and drawers{H7579} of water{H4325} for the house{H1004} of my God.{H430}
- 1 Sam 22:23 : 23 Abide{H3427} thou with me, fear{H3372} not; for he that seeketh{H1245} my life{H5315} seeketh{H1245} thy life:{H5315} for with me thou shalt be in safeguard.{H4931}
- Neh 5:5 : 5 Yet now our flesh{H1320} is as the flesh{H1320} of our brethren,{H251} our children{H1121} as their children:{H1121} and, lo, we bring into bondage{H3533} our sons{H1121} and our daughters{H1323} to be servants,{H5650} and some of our daughters{H1323} are{H3426} brought into bondage{H3533} [already]: neither is it in our power{H410} to help it; for other men{H312} have our fields{H7704} and our vineyards.{H3754}
- Esth 4:7-8 : 7 And Mordecai{H4782} told{H5046} him of all that had happened{H7136} unto him, and the exact sum{H6575} of the money{H3701} that Haman{H2001} had promised{H559} to pay{H8254} to the king's{H4428} treasuries{H1595} for the Jews,{H3064} to destroy{H6} them. 8 Also he gave{H5414} him the copy{H6572} of the writing{H3791} of the decree{H1881} that was given{H5414} out in Shushan{H7800} to destroy{H8045} them, to show{H7200} it unto Esther,{H635} and to declare{H5046} it unto her, and to charge{H6680} her that she should go in{H935} unto the king,{H4428} to make supplication{H2603} unto him, and to make request{H1245} before{H6440} him, for her people.{H5971}
- Esth 7:6 : 6 And Esther{H635} said,{H559} An adversary{H376} and an enemy,{H341} even this wicked{H7451} Haman.{H2001} Then Haman{H2001} was afraid{H1204} before{H6440} the king{H4428} and the queen.{H4436}