Esther 9:5
“Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would vnto those that hated them.”
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Esther 9:5 Context
3And all the rulers of the prouinces, and the Lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Iewes: because the feare of Mordecai fell vpon them. 4For Mordecai was great in the kings house, and his fame went out, throughout all the prouinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. 5Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would vnto those that hated them. 6And in Shushan the palace the Iewes slew and destroyed fiue hundred men: 7And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,
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Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
- King James Version
Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.
- New American Standard Version (1995)