Esther 9:6

The Darby Translation

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

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In the fortress of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,

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.

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

¹ And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them), ² the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout the provinces of king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt. And no man could withstand them; for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples. ³ And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors and officers of the king, helped the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them. ⁴ For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater. ⁵ And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them. ⁶ And in Shushan the fortress the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. ⁷ And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, ⁸ and Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, ⁹ and Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, ¹⁰ the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the oppressor of the Jews, they slew; but they laid not their hands on the prey.

Bible Verse Review
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Shushan: Esther 3:15

Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:7 - wicked

Cross-References

Genesis 4:14
Behold, thou hast driven me this day from the face of the ground, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a wanderer and fugitive on the earth; and it will come to pass, [that] every one who finds me will slay me.

Genesis 5:1
This is the book of Adam's generations. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him.

Genesis 9:2
And let the fear of you and the dread of you be upon every animal of the earth, and upon all fowl of the heavens: upon all that moveth [on] the ground; and upon all the fishes of the sea: into your hand are they delivered.

Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you: as the green herb I give you everything.

Genesis 9:5
And indeed your blood, [the blood] of your lives, will I require: at the hand of every animal will I require it, and at the hand of Man, at the hand of each [the blood] of his brother, will I require the life of Man.

Genesis 9:6
Whoso sheddeth Man's blood, by Man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God he hath made Man.

Genesis 9:12
And God said, This is the sign of the covenant that I set between me and you and every living soul that is with you, for everlasting generations:

Genesis 9:14
And it shall come to pass when I bring clouds over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud,

Genesis 9:26
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

Genesis 9:27
Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

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!