Esther 3:15
The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in the citadel of Susa. And while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in confusion.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
KJV1611 – Modern English
The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the postes wente in all the haist acordynge to the kynges commaundement. And in the castell of Susan was the comaundement deuysed. And the kynge & Aman sat & dranke. But ye cite of Susan was disquieted.
Geneva Bible (1560)
And the postes compelled by the Kings commaundement went forth, and the commandement was giuen in the palace at Shushan: and the King & Haman sate drinking, but the citie of Shushan was in perplexitie.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And the postes went in all the haste according to the kinges commaundement, and in Susan the chiefe citie was the commaundement deuised: And the king and Haman sate and dranke, when in the meane time the citie of Susan was disquieted.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
Webster's Bible (1833)
The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
The runners have gone forth, hastened by the word of the king, and the law hath been given in Shushan the palace, and the king and Haman have sat down to drink, and the city Shushan is perplexed.
American Standard Version (1901)
The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
American Standard Version (1901)
The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The runners went out quickly by the king's order, and a public statement was made in Shushan: and the king and Haman took wine together: but the town of Shushan was troubled.
World English Bible (2000)
The couriers went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
The messengers scurried forth with the king’s order. The edict was issued in Susa the citadel. While the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in an uproar!
Referenced Verses
- Esth 8:15 : 15 Mordecai went out from the king's presence wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large golden crown, and a robe of fine linen and purple. The city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
- Prov 1:16 : 16 For their feet run to evil; they hasten to shed blood.
- Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
- Prov 29:2 : 2 When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when a wicked ruler governs, the people groan.
- Hos 7:5 : 5 On the day of our king, the princes became inflamed with wine, and the king stretched out his hand to mockers.
- Amos 6:6 : 6 You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you do not grieve over the ruin of Joseph.
- John 16:20 : 20 Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
- Rev 11:10 : 10 The inhabitants of the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, sending gifts to one another, because these two prophets had tormented those who dwell on the earth.
- Esth 4:16 : 16 Go, gather all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Esth 8:13-153 verses81%
13A copy of the written decree was to be issued as law in every province, publicly proclaimed to all people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14The couriers riding the royal horses raced out in haste, pressed on by the king's command. The decree was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
15Mordecai went out from the king's presence wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large golden crown, and a robe of fine linen and purple. The city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
- Esth 3:11-144 verses80%
11The king said to Haman, "The silver is given to you, as well as the people, to do with them as it seems good to you."
12On the thirteenth day of the first month, the king’s scribes were summoned and an edict was written according to all that Haman commanded. It was addressed to the satraps of the king, to the governors of each province, and to the officials of every people, to each province in its script and to each people in its language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s signet ring.
13Letters were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces, ordering the destruction, killing, and annihilation of all the Jews—young and old, children and women—in a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
14A copy of the edict was to be issued as a law in every province and made known to all the peoples, so that they would be ready for that day.
- Esth 1:2-32 verses76%
2At that time, King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
3In the third year of his reign, he held a banquet for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media, the nobles, and the officials of the provinces were present before him.
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14While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had prepared.
- Esth 7:7-104 verses73%
7The king, filled with wrath, got up from the wine banquet and went out to the palace garden. But Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he saw that the king had already decided his doom.
8When the king returned from the palace garden to the house of the wine banquet, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. The king exclaimed, "Will he even assault the queen in my own house?" As the words left the king’s mouth, Haman’s face was covered.
9Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, "Look! The gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke up for the king’s benefit, is standing at Haman’s house, fifty cubits tall." The king said, "Hang him on it!"
10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
- Esth 9:11-155 verses72%
11That day, the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king.
12And the king said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa, the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now, what is your request? It shall be granted to you. And what is your further petition? It shall be done.”
13Esther replied, "If it pleases the king, let the Jews in Susa be allowed to act again tomorrow according to today's decree, and let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows."
14So the king commanded that it be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
15The Jews in Susa gathered together again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they killed three hundred men in Susa. But they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
- Esth 3:6-94 verses72%
6But he considered it beneath him to attack Mordecai alone, for they had told him about Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, the people of Mordecai.
7In the first month, the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is, the lot) before Haman for each day and each month, until the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
8Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and separated among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws differ from those of every other people, and they do not obey the king’s laws. Therefore, it is not beneficial for the king to tolerate them.
9If it pleases the king, let a decree be written to destroy them, and I will weigh out ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out the work, to be deposited in the king’s treasuries."
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5The king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so we may do as Esther asks." So the king and Haman went to the banquet Esther had prepared.
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8The drinking was done according to royal decree with no restrictions, for the king had ordered all the stewards of his household to allow each person to drink as they desired.
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1After these events, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and setting his position above all the officials who were with him.
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10On the seventh day, when the king was in high spirits from the wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus,
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3Then the king's servants who were at the gate asked Mordecai, "Why do you transgress the king's command?"
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5When these days were over, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people who were present in the citadel of Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the courtyard of the garden of the king's palace.
- Esth 8:9-102 verses71%
9The king’s scribes were summoned on that day, the third month (the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day, and an edict was written exactly as Mordecai commanded concerning the Jews, to the satraps, governors, and officials of the 127 provinces from India to Cush, each province in its own script and language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
10Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent the letters by mounted couriers riding fast horses bred from royal mares.
- Esth 6:4-52 verses71%
4The king asked, "Who is in the courtyard?" Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the king’s palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
5The king’s servants said to him, "Haman is standing in the courtyard." The king said, "Let him come in."
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10Then the king said to Haman, "Go quickly and take the robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have said."
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8He also gave him a copy of the text of the decree issued in Susa for their destruction, so that Hathach could show it to Esther and explain it to her, urging her to go to the king, plead for mercy, and intercede for her people.
- Esth 9:1-22 verses70%
1On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s decree and command were to be carried out. On the day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to dominate them, the situation was reversed, and the Jews gained mastery over those who hated them.
2The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike those who sought their harm. No one could stand against them, for the fear of them had fallen upon all the people.
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18But the Jews in Susa gathered on the thirteenth and fourteenth days and rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
- Esth 9:25-262 verses70%
25But when the matter came before the king, he ordered by letter that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26That is why these days were called Purim, from the word pur. Therefore, because of everything written in this letter, and because of what they had witnessed and what had happened to them,
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1The king and Haman came to drink with Queen Esther.
- Esth 9:30-323 verses70%
30He sent letters to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, containing words of peace and truth,
31to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed for them, and as they had established for themselves and their descendants regarding matters of fasting and lamentation.
32And the command of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book.
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20Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
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7King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.'
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22He sent letters to all the provinces of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, announcing that every man should be ruler over his household and speak in his own language.
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15The king asked, 'According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti for not obeying the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed through the eunuchs?'
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12Afterward, Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered in shame.
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1On that day, King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the king’s presence because Esther had revealed how he was related to her.