Esther 9:6

New King James Version

And in Shushan the citadel the Jews killed 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.

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 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 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, the time came for the king's command and his decree to be executed. On the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, the opposite occurred, in that the Jews themselves overpowered those who hated them. ² The Jews gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm. And no one could withstand them, because fear of them fell upon all people. ³ And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and all those doing the king's work, helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. ⁴ For Mordecai was great in the king's palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for this man Mordecai became increasingly prominent. ⁵ Thus the Jews defeated all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, with slaughter and destruction, and did what they pleased with those who hated them. ⁶ And in Shushan the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. ⁷ Also Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, ⁸ Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, ⁹ Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vajezatha-- ¹⁰ the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews--they killed; but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.

Bible Verse Review
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Shushan: Esther 3:15

Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:7 - wicked

Cross-References

Genesis 4:14
Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; I shall be hidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that anyone who finds me will kill me."

Genesis 5:1
1 Chronicles 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38">[xr] This is the book of the genealogy of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.

Genesis 9:2
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.

Genesis 9:3
Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.

Genesis 9:5
Surely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man's brother I will require the life of man.

Genesis 9:6
"Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.

Genesis 9:12
And God said: "This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

Genesis 9:14
It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;

Genesis 9:26
And he said: "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.

Genesis 9:27
May God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant."

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!