Verse 4

For we are sold{H4376}{(H8738)}, I and my people{H5971}, to be destroyed{H8045}{(H8687)}, to be slain{H2026}{(H8800)}, and to perish{H6}{(H8763)}. But if{H432} we had been sold{H4376}{(H8738)} for bondmen{H5650} and bondwomen{H8198}, I had held my tongue{H2790}{(H8689)}, although the enemy{H6862} could not countervail{H7737}{(H8802)} the king's{H4428} damage{H5143}.

Referenced Verses

  • Esth 3:9 : 9 If it please{H2895}{(H8804)} the king{H4428}, let it be written{H3789}{(H8735)} that they may be destroyed{H6}{(H8763)}: and I will pay{H8254}{(H8799)} ten{H6235} thousand{H505} talents{H3603} of silver{H3701} to the hands{H3027} of those that have the charge{H6213}{(H8802)} of the business{H4399}, to bring{H935}{(H8687)} it into the king's{H4428} treasuries{H1595}.
  • Esth 3:13 : 13 And the letters{H5612} were sent{H7971}{(H8736)} by{H3027} posts{H7323}{(H8801)} into all the king's{H4428} provinces{H4082}, to destroy{H8045}{(H8687)}, to kill{H2026}{(H8800)}, and to cause to perish{H6}{(H8763)}, 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}{H6240} day of the twelfth{H8147}{H6240} month{H2320}, which is the month{H2320} Adar{H143}, and to take the spoil{H7998} of them for a prey{H962}{(H8800)}.
  • Deut 28:68 : 68 And the LORD{H3068} shall bring{H7725} thee into Egypt{H4714} again{H7725}{(H8689)} with ships{H591}, by the way{H1870} whereof I spake{H559}{(H8804)} unto thee, Thou shalt see{H7200}{(H8800)} it no more again{H3254}{(H8686)}: and there ye shall be sold{H4376}{(H8694)} unto your enemies{H341}{(H8802)} for bondmen{H5650} and bondwomen{H8198}, and no man shall buy{H7069}{(H8802)} you.
  • Esth 8:11 : 11 Wherein the king{H4428} granted{H5414}{(H8804)} the Jews{H3064} which were in every city{H5892} to gather themselves together{H6950}{(H8736)}, and to stand{H5975}{(H8800)} for their life{H5315}, to destroy{H8045}{(H8687)}, to slay{H2026}{(H8800)}, and to cause to perish{H6}{(H8763)}, all the power{H2428} of the people{H5971} and province{H4082} that would assault{H6696}{(H8802)} them, both little ones{H2945} and women{H802}, and to take the spoil{H7998} of them for a prey{H962}{(H8800)},
  • Ps 44:22-23 : 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed{H2026}{H8795)} all the day{H3117} long; we are counted{H2803}{H8738)} as sheep{H6629} for the slaughter{H2878}. 23 Awake{H5782}{H8798)}, why sleepest{H3462}{H8799)} thou, O Lord{H136}? arise{H6974}{H8685)}, cast us not off{H2186}{H8799)} for ever{H5331}.
  • Joel 3:6 : 6 The children{H1121} also of Judah{H3063} and the children{H1121} of Jerusalem{H3389} have ye sold{H4376}{(H8804)} unto the Grecians{H3125}{H1121}, that ye might remove them far{H7368}{(H8687)} from their border{H1366}.
  • Amos 2:6 : 6 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; For three{H7969} transgressions{H6588} of Israel{H3478}, and for four{H702}, I will not turn away{H7725}{(H8686)} the punishment thereof; because they sold{H4376}{(H8800)} the righteous{H6662} for silver{H3701}, and the poor{H34} for a pair of shoes{H5275};
  • Gen 37:26-28 : 26 And Judah{H3063} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto his brethren{H251}, What profit{H1215} is it if we slay{H2026}{(H8799)} our brother{H251}, and conceal{H3680}{(H8765)} his blood{H1818}? 27 Come{H3212}{(H8798)}, and let us sell{H4376}{(H8799)} him to the Ishmeelites{H3459}, and let not our hand{H3027} be upon him; for he is our brother{H251} and our flesh{H1320}. And his brethren{H251} were content{H8085}{(H8799)}. 28 Then there passed{H5674}{(H8799)} by Midianites{H4084} merchantmen{H582}{H5503}{(H8802)}; and they drew{H4900}{(H8799)} and lifted up{H5927}{(H8686)} Joseph{H3130} out of the pit{H953}, and sold{H4376}{(H8799)} Joseph{H3130} to the Ishmeelites{H3459} for twenty{H6242} pieces of silver{H3701}: and they brought{H935}{(H8686)} Joseph{H3130} into Egypt{H4714}.
  • Josh 9:23 : 23 Now therefore ye are cursed{H779}{(H8803)}, and there shall none of you be freed{H3772}{(H8735)} from being bondmen{H5650}, and hewers{H2404}{(H8802)} of wood{H6086} and drawers{H7579}{(H8802)} of water{H4325} for the house{H1004} of my God{H430}.
  • 1 Sam 22:23 : 23 Abide{H3427}{(H8798)} thou with me, fear{H3372}{(H8799)} not: for he that seeketh{H1245}{(H8762)} my life{H5315} seeketh{H1245}{(H8762)} thy life{H5315}: but 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}{(H8802)} our sons{H1121} and our daughters{H1323} to be servants{H5650}, and some of our daughters{H1323} are{H3426} brought unto bondage{H3533}{(H8737)} already: neither is it in our power{H410}{H3027} to redeem them; for other men{H312} have our lands{H7704} and vineyards{H3754}.
  • Esth 4:7-8 : 7 And Mordecai{H4782} told{H5046}{(H8686)} him of all that had happened{H7136}{(H8804)} unto him, and of the sum{H6575} of the money{H3701} that Haman{H2001} had promised{H559}{(H8804)} to pay{H8254}{(H8800)} to the king's{H4428} treasuries{H1595} for the Jews{H3064}, to destroy{H6}{(H8763)} them. 8 Also he gave{H5414}{(H8804)} him the copy{H6572} of the writing{H3791} of the decree{H1881} that was given{H5414}{(H8738)} at Shushan{H7800} to destroy{H8045}{(H8687)} them, to shew{H7200}{(H8687)} it unto Esther{H635}, and to declare{H5046}{(H8687)} it unto her, and to charge{H6680}{(H8763)} her that she should go in{H935}{(H8800)} unto the king{H4428}, to make supplication{H2603}{(H8692)} unto him, and to make request{H1245}{(H8763)} before{H6440} him for her people{H5971}.
  • Esth 7:6 : 6 And Esther{H635} said{H559}{(H8799)}, The adversary{H376}{H6862} and enemy{H341}{(H8802)} is this wicked{H7451} Haman{H2001}. Then Haman{H2001} was afraid{H1204}{(H8738)} before{H6440} the king{H4428} and the queen{H4436}.