Esther 9:6

New Living Translation

In the fortress of Susa itself, the Jews killed 500 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 King James Version
And in Shushan the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred 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 So on March 7 the two decrees of the king were put into effect. On that day, the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but quite the opposite happened. It was the Jews who overpowered their enemies. ² The Jews gathered in their cities throughout all the king's provinces to attack anyone who tried to harm them. But no one could make a stand against them, for everyone was afraid of them. ³ And all the nobles of the provinces, the highest officers, the governors, and the royal officials helped the Jews for fear of Mordecai. ⁴ For Mordecai had been promoted in the king's palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces as he became more and more powerful. ⁵ So the Jews went ahead on the appointed day and struck down their enemies with the sword. They killed and annihilated their enemies and did as they pleased with those who hated them. ⁶ In the fortress of Susa itself, the Jews killed 500 men. ⁷ They also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, ⁸ Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, ⁹ Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha— ¹⁰ the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not take any plunder.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Shushan: Esther 3:15

Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:7 - wicked

Cross-References

Genesis 4:14
You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!"

Genesis 5:1
This is the written account of the descendants of Adam. When God created human beings, he made them to be like himself.

Genesis 9:2
All the animals of the earth, all the birds of the sky, all the small animals that scurry along the ground, and all the fish in the sea will look on you with fear and terror. I have placed them in your power.

Genesis 9:3
I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.

Genesis 9:5
"And I will require the blood of anyone who takes another person's life. If a wild animal kills a person, it must die. And anyone who murders a fellow human must die.

Genesis 9:6
If anyone takes a human life, that person's life will also be taken by human hands. For God made human beings in his own image.

Genesis 9:12
Then God said, "I am giving you a sign of my covenant with you and with all living creatures, for all generations to come.

Genesis 9:14
When I send clouds over the earth, the rainbow will appear in the clouds,

Genesis 9:26
Then Noah said, "May the Lord , the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant!

Genesis 9:27
May God expand the territory of Japheth! May Japheth share the prosperity 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!