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Esther 3:10

So then the king took his signet-ring from off his hand, and gave it unto Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Babylon;   Hammedatha;   Malice;   Revenge;   Ring;   Thompson Chain Reference - Adorning;   Ornaments;   Rings;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of Purim, or Lots, the;   Revenge;   Rings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Agag;   Rings;   Seal, Sealing;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jew;   Ornaments;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Decrees;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Agagite;   Hammedatha;   Jew;   Mordecai;   Ring;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Agag;   Esther;   Persia;   Ring;   Seal;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Esther;   Jewels, Jewelry;   Signet;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Agagite;   Hammedatha;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Ring (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Agagite ;   Hammedatha ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Lots;   Mordecai;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Agag;   Amalek;   Seal;   Smith Bible Dictionary - A'gag;   Hammed'atha;   Ring;   Seal;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Rings;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Agagite;   Enemy;   Esther, Book of;   Ring;   Seal;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Agagite;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Esther, Apocryphal Book of;   Haman the Agagite;   Hammedatha;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The king removed his signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jewish people.
Hebrew Names Version
The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedata the Agagite, the Yehudim' enemy.
King James Version
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
English Standard Version
So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews.
New Century Version
So the king took his signet ring off and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jewish people.
New English Translation
So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, who was hostile toward the Jews.
Amplified Bible
Then the king removed his signet ring from his hand [that is, the special ring which was used to seal his letters] and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
New American Standard Bible
Then the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
World English Bible
The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the King tooke his ring from his hand & gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Hammedatha the Agagite the Iewes aduersarie.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews.
Berean Standard Bible
So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Contemporary English Version
The king handed his official ring to Haman, who hated the Jews, and the king told him,
Complete Jewish Bible
The king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hamdata the Agagi, the enemy of the Jews.
Darby Translation
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the king took the official ring off his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite. Haman was the enemy of the Jews.
George Lamsa Translation
And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammadatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Good News Translation
The king took off his ring, which was used to stamp proclamations and make them official, and gave it to the enemy of the Jewish people, Haman son of Hammedatha, the descendant of Agag.
Lexham English Bible
So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Literal Translation
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the one distressing the Jews.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then toke the kynge his rynge from his hande, and gaue it vnto Aman the sonne of Amadathi the Agagite the Iewes enemie.
American Standard Version
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
Bible in Basic English
And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king toke his ring from his hand, & gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Amadatha the Agagite, the Iewes enemie.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
King James Version (1611)
And the king tooke his ring from his hand, and gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Ammedatha the Agagite, the Iewes enemie.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.
English Revised Version
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the kyng took `fro his hond the ryng which he vside, and yaf it to Aaman, the sone of Amadathi, of the kynrede of Agag, to the enemy of Jewis.
Update Bible Version
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews enemy.
New King James Version
So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
New Living Translation
The king agreed, confirming his decision by removing his signet ring from his finger and giving it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
New Life Bible
Then the king took the special ring from his hand that he used for marking his name and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, who hated the Jews.
New Revised Standard
So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy of the Jews,
Revised Standard Version
So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Ag'agite, the son of Hammeda'tha, the enemy of the Jews.
Young's Literal Translation
And the king turneth aside his signet from off his hand, and giveth it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;
THE MESSAGE
The king slipped his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, archenemy of the Jews.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

Contextual Overview

7 In the first month - the same, was the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, was Pur cast - the same, is the Lot, before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month, - and the lot fell on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the same, is the month Adar. 8 Then said Haman unto King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people, scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples, throughout all the provinces of thy kingdom, - whose laws, are diverse from every people, and, the laws of the king, they observe not, for the king, therefore, it is not fit, to suffer them. 9 If, unto the king, it seem good, let it be written, to destroy them, - and, ten thousand talents of silver, will I weigh out upon the hands of them who are doing the business, to bring it into the treasuries of the king. 10 So then the king took his signet-ring from off his hand, and gave it unto Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews; 11 and the king said unto Haman, The silver, is granted thee, - and the people, to do with them, as may seem good in thine eyes. 12 Then were called the scribes of the king, in the first month, on the thirteenth day therein, and it was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the satraps of the king, and unto the pashas, who were over every province, and unto the rulers of every people, every province according to the writing thereof, and every people according to the tongue thereof, - in the name of King Ahasuerus, was it written, and sealed with the signet- ring of the king. 13 Then were sent letters, by the hand of the runners, into all the provinces of the king, To destroy, to slay and to cause to perish all Jews, both young and old, little ones and women, in one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, the same, is the month Adar, - and the spoil of them to be a prey. 14 A copy of the writing, to be delivered as an edict throughout every province, was published to all the peoples, - that they should be ready against this day. 15 The runners, went forth, urged on by the word of the king, and, the edict, was given in Shusan the palace, - and, the king and Haman, sat down to drink, but, the city of Shusan, was perplexed.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

took: Esther 8:2, Esther 8:8, Genesis 41:42

enemy: or, oppressor, Esther 7:6

Reciprocal: Esther 2:4 - the thing Proverbs 18:13 - that Isaiah 10:1 - them Luke 15:22 - a ring James 2:2 - gold

Cross-References

Genesis 2:25
And they were both of them naked, the man and his wife, - and put not each other to shame.
Genesis 3:7
Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were, - so they tacked together fig-leaves, and made for themselves girdles,
Genesis 3:17
And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;
Genesis 3:18
Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee, - when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:
Exodus 3:6
And he said - I, am the God of thy father, God of Abraham, God of Isaac and God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look upon God.
Exodus 32:25
And Moses saw the people, that unbridled, they were, - for Aaron had given them the rein, for a whispering, among their enemies.
Job 23:15
For this cause, from his presence, am I driven in fear, I diligently consider and am kept back from him in dread:
Psalms 119:120
My flesh, bristled up from dread of thee, and, of thy regulations, stand I in fear.
Isaiah 33:14
Terror-stricken in Zion, - are sinners, Shuddering hath seized the impious, - Who among us can sojourn with a fire that devoureth? Who among us can sojourn with burnings age-abiding?
Isaiah 47:3
Bared shall be thy shame, Yea seen thy reproach, - An avenging, will I take, And will accept no son of earth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. As a token of his affection for him, and a mark of honour to him; with the Persians w for a king to give a ring to anyone was a token and bond of the greatest love and friendship imaginable; and it may be this was given to Haman, to seal with it the letters that were or should be written, giving order for the destruction of the Jews. It seems as if as yet Esther had not acquainted the king who her kindred and people were; or it can hardly be thought he would have so easily come into such a scheme, or so highly favoured an enemy of her people.

w Alex. ab. Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 1. c. 26. & l. 2. c. 19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 3:10. The king took his ring — In this ring was no doubt included his privy seal, and he gave this to Haman, that when he had formed such a decree as he thought fit, he might seal it with this ring, which would give it its due force and influence among the rulers of the provinces. The privy seal of many of our sovereigns appears to have been inserted in their rings; and the seals of Eastern potentates were worn in rings upon their fingers. One such seal, once the property of the late Tippoo Sultan, lies before me; the inscription is deeply cut in silver, which is set in a massy carriage of gold. This, as fitted to the finger, he probably kept always on his hand, to be ready to seal despatches, &c., or it might be carried by a confidential officer for the same purpose, as it seems to refer to one of the chief cutcheries, or military officers.


 
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