Esther 9:6

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:

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 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.

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 the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries. ² And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone through every people. ³ And the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mardochai: ⁴ For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power: and the fame of his name increased daily, and was spread abroad through all men’s mouths. ⁵ So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them: ⁶ 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: ⁷ Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha ⁸ And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, ⁹ And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha. ¹⁰ And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods.

Bible Verse Review
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Shushan: Esther 3:15

Reciprocal: Proverbs 12:7 - wicked

Cross-References

Genesis 4:14
Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: every one therefore that findeth me, shall kill me.

Genesis 5:1
This is the book of the generation of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him to the likeness of God.

Genesis 9:2
And let the fear and dread of you be upon all the beasts of the earth, and upon all the fowls of the air, and all that move upon the earth: all the fishes of the sea are delivered into your hand.

Genesis 9:3
And every thing that moveth, and liveth shall be meat for you: even as the green herbs have I delivered them all to you:

Genesis 9:5
For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of every beast, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man, and of his brother, will I require the life of man.

Genesis 9:6
Whosoever shall shed man’s blood, his blood shall be shed: for man was made to the image of God.

Genesis 9:12
And God said: This is the sign of the covenant which I give between me and you, and to every living soul that is with you, for perpetual generations.

Genesis 9:14
And when I shall cover the sky with clouds, my bow shall appear in the clouds:

Genesis 9:26
And he said: Blessed be the Lord God of Sem, be Chanaan his servant.

Genesis 9:27
May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Sem, and Chanaan 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!