Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
The Jewish people struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did with their enemies as they pleased.
New American Standard Bible
Thus
King James Version
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
Holman Bible
The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them.
A Conservative Version
And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those who hated them.
American Standard Version
And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they would unto them that hated them.
Amplified
So the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.
Bible in Basic English
So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their haters whatever they had a desire to do.
Darby Translation
And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.
Julia Smith Translation
And the Jews will strike against all their enemies with the blow of the sword, and killing and destruction; and they will do according to their desire upon those hating them.
King James 2000
Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The Jews struck down all their enemies with {the sword}, killing and destroying [them]; and they did as they pleased with those that hated them.
Modern King James verseion
And the Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would to those who hated them.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with a sore slaughter, and slew and destroyed, and did after their will unto such as were their adversaries.
NET Bible
The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, bringing death and destruction, and they did as they pleased with their enemies.
New Heart English Bible
The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.
The Emphasized Bible
So then the Jews smote all their enemies, with the smiting of the sword and slaughter, and destruction, - and they dealt with them who hated them according to their pleasure.
Webster
Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.
World English Bible
The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the Jews smite among all their enemies -- a smiting of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction -- and do with those hating them according to their pleasure,
Themes
Gentiles » Hated and despised the jews
Hatred » Exemplified » Enemies of the jews
Interlinear
Nakah
Ratsown
Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 9:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Jews Destroy Their Enemies
4 Indeed, Mordecai was a powerful official in the palace and his fame spread throughout the provinces. Indeed, the man Mordecai grew more and more powerful. 5 The Jewish people struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did with their enemies as they pleased. 6 In Susa the capital the Jewish people killed and destroyed 500 people.
Cross References
Psalm 18:34-40
who teaches my hands to make war, and my arms to bend a bronze bow.
Psalm 18:47-48
He is the God who executes vengeance on my behalf; who destroys nations under me;
Psalm 20:7-8
Some boast in chariots, others in horses; but we will boast in the name of the LORD our God.
Psalm 149:6-9
Let high praises to God be heard in their throats, while they wield two-edged swords in their hands
Jeremiah 18:21
Therefore, make their children undergo famine, and deliver them over to death in time of war. May their women be childless widows! May their men be slaughtered! May their young men be slain by the sword in battle!
2 Thessalonians 1:6
Certainly it is right for God to pay back those who afflict you with affliction,