Esther 9:24

Staten Vertaling

Omdat Haman, de zoon van Hammedatha, den Agagiet, aller Joden vijand, tegen de Joden gedacht had hen om te brengen; en dat hij het Pur, dat is, het lot had geworpen, om hen te verslaan, en om hen om te brengen.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Want Haman, de zoon van Hammedatha, de Agagiet, de vijand van al de Joden, had gedacht de Joden om te brengen, en het Pr, dat is het lot, laten werpen, om hen te vertreden en hen om te brengen;

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Want Haman, de zoon van Hammedatha, de Agagiet, de vervolger van alle Joden, had een plan gemaakt tegen de Joden om hen om te brengen, en had het pur, dat is het lot, geworpen, om hen te beroeren en om te brengen;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the enemy: Esther 9:10, Esther 3:5-13

Pur: The word pur seems to be derived either from the Persian bahr and bar, a part, portion, lot, or pari, anything which happens fortuitously or fortunately; whence the annual festival in commemoration of the wonderful deliverance of the Jews from their enemies was called Purim, or in Arabic and Persian, Fuhr, or Lots; which has been observed by them, in all places of their dispersion, from that day to the present time, without any interruption. Esther 3:7

consume: Heb. crush

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 21:5 - The man Isaiah 22:25 - the burden

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them,.... Had formed a design to exterminate them from the whole Persian empire in one day:

and had cast Pur, (that is, the lot,) to consume them, and to destroy them; had cast lots to find out what would be the most lucky day in the year for him to do it on, and the most unlucky and unfortunate to the Jews; and, according to the lot, the thirteenth of Adar was pitched upon; this and the following verse give the reasons for observing the above two days as festivals.