Verse 9
Esther 3:9
New Living Translation
9
If it please the king, issue a decree that they be destroyed, and I will give 10,000 large sacks of silver to the government administrators to be deposited in the royal treasury.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
אִם עַל הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ ט֔וֹב יִכָּתֵ֖ב לְ/אַבְּדָ֑/ם וַ/עֲשֶׂ֨רֶת אֲלָפִ֜ים כִּכַּר כֶּ֗סֶף אֶשְׁקוֹל֙ עַל יְדֵי֙ עֹשֵׂ֣י הַ/מְּלָאכָ֔ה לְ/הָבִ֖יא אֶל גִּנְזֵ֥י הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
If on the good king it should be written to destroy, and I will weigh ten thousand silvers into the hands of those doing the work to bring to the king's treasury.
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