Esther 8:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”
Esther 8:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Esther 8:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Esther 8:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?””
Esther 8:6 — World English Bible
Esther 8:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”
Esther 8:6 — American Standard Version
Esther 8:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?'”
Esther 8:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Esther 8:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”
Esther 8:6 — Darby Translation
Esther 8:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For how can I suffer and see the euil, that shall come vnto my people? Or howe can I suffer and see the destruction of my kinred?”
Esther 8:6 — Geneva Bible
Esther 8:6 in Context — Esther 8
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man reverse.
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What Does Esther 8:6 Mean?
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