Esther 8:6 Parallel Translations

I cannot bear to see my people suffer such evil. And I simply cannot bear to see the destruction of my relatives."(GOD'S WORD®)

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?

ASV:

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?

BBE:

For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?

DBY:

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?

ERV:

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?

JPS:

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?'

WBS:

For how can I endure to see the evil that will come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

WEB:

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?"

YLT:

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 Cross References

XREF:

Esther 7:4 for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the trouble would not be commensurate with the annoyance to the king."

Esther 9:1 Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day when the king's command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

8:3-14 It was time to be earnest, when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people. We read of no tears when she begged for her own life, but although she was sure of that, she wept for her people. Tears of pity and tenderness are the most Christ-like. According to the constitution of the Persian government, no law or decree could be repealed or recalled. This is so far from speaking to the wisdom and honour of the Medes and Persians, that it clearly shows their pride and folly. This savours of that old presumption which ruined all, We will be as gods! It is God's prerogative not to repent, or to say what can never be altered or unsaid. Yet a way was found, by another decree, to authorize the Jews to stand upon their defence. The decree was published in the languages of all the provinces. Shall all the subjects of an earthly prince have his decrees in languages they understand, and shall God's oracles and laws be locked up from any of his servants in an unknown tongue?

CONC:

Bear Befall Calamity Destruction Disaster Endure Evil Fall Family Kindred Nation Overtake Possible Relatives

Bear Befall Calamity Destruction Disaster Endure Evil Fall Family Find Kindred Nation Overtake Possible Relatives

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