Verse 1
Esther 8:1
American Standard Version
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On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews` enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֗וּא נָתַ֞ן הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙ לְ/אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַ/מַּלְכָּ֔ה אֶת בֵּ֥ית הָמָ֖ן צֹרֵ֣ר ה/יהודיים הַ/יְּהוּדִ֑ים וּ/מָרְדֳּכַ֗י בָּ֚א לִ/פְנֵ֣י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי הִגִּ֥ידָה אֶסְתֵּ֖ר מַ֥ה הוּא לָֽ/הּ
English Translation
On that day, King Ahasuerus gave Esther the queen the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, and Mordecai came before the king because Esther had revealed what he was to her.
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Chapter 8 Context
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On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews` enemy unto Esther the queen. An...
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And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther...
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And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears t...
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Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
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And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem righ...
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for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the...
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Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Est...
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Write ye also to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king`s name, and seal it with the king`s ring;...
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Then were the king`s scribes called at that time, in the third month Sivan, on the three and twentie...
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And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king`s ring, and sent letters by pos...
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wherein the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stan...
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upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, [namely], upon the thirteenth [day] of the twel...
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A copy of the writing, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published unto all...
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So the posts that rode upon swift steeds that were used in the king`s service went out, being hasten...
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And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a...
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The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
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And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king`s commandment and his decree came,...
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