Esther 9:25
“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.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Esther 9:25 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
but when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und als es vor den König kam, befahl er durch einen Brief, daß sein böser Anschlag, den er gegen die Juden ersonnen hatte, auf seinen Kopf zurückkehre; und man hängte ihn und seine Söhne an das Holz.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Mas como Esther vino á la presencia del rey, él intimó por carta: El perverso designio que aquél trazó contra los Judíos, recaiga sobre su cabeza; y cuélguenlo á él y á sus hijos en la horca.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Mas quando isto veio diante do rei, ele deu ordem por cartas, que seu plano maligno, que tramara contra os judeus, tornasse sobre sua cabeça; assim enforcaram a ele e a seus filhos na forca.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Mas, quando o assunto chegou até o rei, ele deu ordens por cartas, para que o malicioso plano que Hamã tinha planejado contra os judeus recaísse sobre a sua própria cabeça, e que ele e seus filhos fossem pendurados na forca.
📖 Esther 9:25 in Context
23And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24Because 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;
25But 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.
26Wherefore 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,
27The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
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