Esther 3:6
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3:6But the thought of striking out against10 Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed11 of the identity of Mordecai’s people.12 So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews (that is, the people of Mordecai)13 who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
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- 10 Heb “to send a hand against”; , “to lay hands on.”
- 11 Heb “they had related to him.” For stylistic reasons this has been translated as a passive construction.
- 12 The entire first half of the verse is not included in the .
- 13 This parenthetical phrase is not included in the . Some scholars emend the reading עַם (’am, “people”) to עִם (’im, “with”), arguing that the phrase is awkwardly placed and syntactically inappropriate. While there is some truth to their complaint, the makes sufficient sense to be acceptable here, and is followed by most English versions.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, it seemed repugnant to Haman to do away with Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.
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NLTNew Living Translation
He had learned of Mordecai’s nationality, so he decided it was not enough to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he looked for a way to destroy all the Jews throughout the entire empire of Xerxes.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
But he considered it beneath him to lay hands on Mordecai only, for they told him of Mordecai’s people, and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were in the kingdom of Ahasuerus.
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KJV 1900King James Version
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
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