Esther 9:24 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;”
Esther 9:24 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Esther 9:24 in 6 Bible Translations
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Esther 9:24 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast “Pur”, that is the lot, to consume them and to destroy them;”
Esther 9:24 — World English Bible
Esther 9:24 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; ”
Esther 9:24 — American Standard Version
Esther 9:24 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“because Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of all the Jews, had devised concerning the Jews to destroy them, and had caused to fall Pur--that <FI>is<Fi> the lot--to crush them and to destroy them;”
Esther 9:24 — Young's Literal Translation
Esther 9:24 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the oppressor of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them and to destroy them; ”
Esther 9:24 — Darby Translation
Esther 9:24 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Because Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite al the Iewes aduersarie, had imagined against the Iewes, to destroy them, and had cast Pur (that is a lot) to consume and destroy them.”
Esther 9:24 — Geneva Bible
Esther 9:24 in Context — Esther 9
22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
What Does Esther 9:24 Mean?
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