Esther 9:6

Christian Standard Bible ®

In the fortress of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
In Shushan the palace the Yehudim killed and destroyed five hundred men.

King James Version
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

English Standard Version
In Susa the citadel itself the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men,

New Century Version
In the palace at Susa, they killed and destroyed five hundred men.

New English Translation
In Susa the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

Amplified Bible
At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

New American Standard Bible
At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and eliminated five hundred men,

World English Bible
In Shushan the palace the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And at Shushan the palace slewe the Iewes and destroyed fiue hundreth men,

Legacy Standard Bible
And at the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and caused to perish 500 men,

Berean Standard Bible
In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

Contemporary English Version
They killed five hundred people in Susa, but they did not take anything that belonged to the ones they killed. Haman had been one of the worst enemies of the Jews, and ten of his sons were among those who were killed. Their names were Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.

Complete Jewish Bible
in Shushan the capital, the Jews slaughtered 500 men.

Darby Translation
And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

Easy-to-Read Version
They killed and destroyed 500 men in the capital city of Susa.

George Lamsa Translation
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

Good News Translation
In Susa, the capital city itself, the Jews killed five hundred people.

Lexham English Bible
And in the citadel of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

Literal Translation
And in Shushan the palace the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And at ye castell of Susan slewe the Iewes and destroied fyue hudreth men:

American Standard Version
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

Bible in Basic English
And in Shushan the Jews put to death five hundred men.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And at Susan the chiefe citie slue the Iewes, & destroyed fiue hundred men.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And in Shushan the castle the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

King James Version (1611)
And in Shushan the palace the Iewes slew and destroyed fiue hundred men:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And in the city Susa the Jews slew five hundred men:

English Revised Version
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
in so myche, that also in Susa thei killiden fyue hundrid men, with out the ten sones of Aaman of Agag, the enemye of Jewis, of whiche these ben the names;

Update Bible Version
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

Webster's Bible Translation
And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

New King James Version
And in Shushan the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.

New Living Translation
In the fortress of Susa itself, the Jews killed 500 men.

New Life Bible
In the city of Susa where the king ruled the Jews killed and destroyed 500 men,

New Revised Standard
In the citadel of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred people.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea, in Shusan the palace, did the Jews slay and destroy five hundred men.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are these:

Revised Standard Version
In Susa the capital itself the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men,

Young's Literal Translation
and in Shushan the palace have the Jews slain and destroyed five hundred men;

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New American Standard Bible (1995)
At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

Contextual Overview

¹The king’s command and law went into effect on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar. On the day when the Jews’ enemies had hoped to overpower them, just the opposite happened. The Jews overpowered those who hated them. ²In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them. Not a single person could withstand them; fear of them fell on every nationality. ³All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the royal civil administrators aided the Jews because they feared Mordecai. ⁴For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful. ⁵The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them. They did what they pleased to those who hated them. ⁶In the fortress of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men, ⁷including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, ⁸Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, ⁹Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha. ¹⁰They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. However, they did not seize any plunder.

Bible Verse Review
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Shushan: Esther 3:15

Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:7 - wicked

Cross-References

Genesis 4:14
Since you are banishing me today from the face of the earth, and I must hide from your presence and become a restless wanderer on the earth, whoever finds me will kill me.”

Genesis 5:1
This is the document containing the family records of Adam. On the day that God created man, he made him in the likeness of God;

Genesis 9:2
The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority.

Genesis 9:3
Every creature that lives and moves will be food for you; as I gave the green plants, I have given you everything.

Genesis 9:5
And I will require a penalty for your lifeblood; I will require it from any animal and from any human; if someone murders a fellow human, I will require that person’s life.

Genesis 9:6
Whoever sheds human blood,by humans his blood will be shed,for God made humans in his image.

Genesis 9:12
And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all future generations:

Genesis 9:14
Whenever I form clouds over the earth and the bow appears in the clouds,

Genesis 9:26
He also said:

Genesis 9:27
Let God extend Japheth;let Japheth dwell in the tents of Shem;let Canaan be Shem’s slave.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. Not in the royal palace, where it cannot be thought the Jews had so many enemies, or such a bloody slaughter of them should be made there; but in the city, where the palace was: and this may seem somewhat wonderful, that there should so many rise there against the Jews, so near the court, now altogether in the interest of the Jews; but these were men no doubt of Haman's faction, and enraged at his disgrace and death, and headed by his ten sons, who took the advantage of the decree to avenge his death; the Targum says, these were princes of the house of Amalek.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By “Shushan the palace (or the fort),” is probably meant the whole of the upper town, which occupied an area of more than 100 acres, and contained many residences besides the actual palace. The Jews would not have ventured to shed blood within the palace-precincts.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 9:6. And in Shushan — It is strange that in this city, where the king's mind must have been so well known, there should be found five hundred persons to rise up in hostility against those whom they knew the king befriended!