Esther 3:11 KJV — MannaFest

Esther 3:11

And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

KJV

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ASV

And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

WEB

“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”

YLT

and the king saith to Haman, `The silver is given to thee, and the people, to do with it as it is good in thine eyes.'

DBT

And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as seems good to thee.

About this book

Old Testament

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Esther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.

Author: Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
Date: Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC

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Jeremiah 26:14
As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
Jeremiah 40:4
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
Luke 23:25
And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will.
Psalms 73:7
Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Miserable is the kingdom that is at the disposal of such a head as this, which has one ear only, and a nose to be led by, but neither eyes nor brains, nor scarcely a tongue of its own.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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