Esther 8:6

Staten Vertaling

Want hoe zal ik vermogen, dat ik aanzie het kwaad, dat mijn volk treffen zal? En hoe zal ik vermogen, dat ik aanzie het verderf van mijn geslacht?

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Want hoe kan ik het kwaad aanzien, dat mijn volk treffen zou, en hoe kan ik aanzien, dat mijn geslacht omkomen zal?

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Want hoe zou ik het onheil dat mijn volk zal treffen kunnen aanzien? hoe kunnen aanzien den ondergang van mijn maagschap?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

For how: Genesis 44:34, Jeremiah 4:19, Jeremiah 9:1, Luke 19:41, Luke 19:42, Romans 9:2, Romans 9:3, Romans 10:1

endure to see: Heb. be able that I may see

the evil: Esther 7:4, Nehemiah 2:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:16 - Let Joshua 2:12 - that ye will Joshua 2:18 - thy father Esther 4:8 - request Jeremiah 39:6 - before

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people?.... I cannot bear it; it will break my heart; I shall die to see all my people massacred throughout the realm; the thought of it is shocking and shuddering; to see it, intolerable: or "how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?" the same thing in different words, and somewhat more express and explanative. She explains the evil coming upon her people of the utter destruction of them, not barely an oppression, but an extermination of them; and she makes use of a word expressive of their relation to her, as more endearing, being her kindred; she and they being, as it were, of the same family, and with whom she could not but sympathize in distress.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 8:6. To see the destruction of my kindred? — She had now informed the king that she was cousin to Mordecai, and consequently a Jewess; and though her own life and that of Mordecai were no longer in danger, Haman being dead, yet the decree that had gone forth was in full force against the Jews; and if not repealed, their destruction would be inevitable.