KJV King James Version
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he [was] unto her.
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Esther 8:1
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he [was] unto her.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
WEB World English Bible
On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
ASV American Standard Version
On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
On that day hath the king Ahasuerus given to Esther the queen the house of Haman, adversary of the Jews, and Mordecai hath come in before the king, for Esther hath declared what he is to her,
Surrounding context — Esther 8
1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he [was] unto her.
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
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בַּיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itנָתַ֞ןH5414 · na.tanto give: giveהַמֶּ֤לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ֙H325 · a.chash.ve.roshAhasuerusלְאֶסְתֵּ֣רH635 · es.terEstherהַמַּלְכָּ֔הH4436 · mal.kahQueen (of Sheba)אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]בֵּ֥יתH1004 · betplaceהָמָ֖ןH2001 · ha.manHamanצֹרֵ֣רH6887 · tsa.rarto confineהַיְּהוּדִ֑יםH3064 · ye.hu.diJewוּמָרְדֳּכַ֗יH4782 · mor.de.khayMordecaiבָּ֚אH935 · boto come (in): comeלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforהִגִּ֥ידָהH5046 · na.gadto tellאֶסְתֵּ֖רH635 · es.terEstherמַ֥הH4100 · mahwhat?הוּא־H1931 · huhe/she/itלָֽהּ׃H9034 · haher
Cross-references
Esther 2:7And he brought up Hadassah, that [is], Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid [was] fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.Esther 2:15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.Proverbs 13:22A good [man] leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner [is] laid up for the just.Job 27:16-17Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;Psalm 39:6Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up [riches], and knoweth not who shall gather them.Luke 12:20But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?Esther 7:6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.Esther 1:14And the next unto him [was] Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, [and] Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king’s face, [and] which sat the first in the kingdom;)Psalm 49:6-13They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches;Proverbs 28:8He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.Ecclesiastes 2:18-19Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me.
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