Esther (Greek) · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Esther (Greek) 3 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 And after this King Artaxerxes highly honored Haman [son] of Hammedatha, the Bougean, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends.
1 After this, King Ahasuerus highly honored Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Bugaean. He exalted him and set his seat above all his friends.
2 And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mordecai did not do him obeisance.
2 All in the palace bowed down to him, for so the king had given orders to do; but Mordecai didn’t bow down to him.
3 And they in the king’s palace said to Mordecai, Mordecai, why dost thou transgress the commands of the king?
3 And they in the king’s palace said to Mordecai, “Mordecai, why do you transgress the commands of the king?”
4 [Thus] they spoke daily to him, but he hearkened not unto them; so they represented to Haman that Mordecai resisted the commands of the king: and Mordecai had shown to them that he was a Jew.
4 They questioned him daily, but he didn’t listen to them; so they reported to Haman that Mordecai resisted the commands of the king; and Mordecai had shown to them that he was a Jew.
5 And when Haman understood that Mordecai did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,
5 When Haman understood that Mordecai didn’t bow down to him, he was greatly enraged,
6 and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.
6 and plotted to utterly destroy all the Jews who were under the rule of Ahasuerus.
7 And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to slay in one day the race of Mordecai: and the lot fell on the fourteenth [day] of the month which is Adar.
7 In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahasuerus, Haman made a decision by casting lots by day and month, to kill the race of Mordecai in one day. The lot fell on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar.
8 And he spoke to King Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from [those of] all the [other] nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.
8 So he spoke to King Ahasuerus, saying, “There is a nation scattered among the nations in all your kingdom, and their laws differ from all the other nations. They disobey the king’s laws. It is not expedient for the king to tolerate them.
9 If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king’s treasury ten thousand talents of silver.
9 If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them, and I will remit into the king’s treasury ten thousand talents of silver.”
10 And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Haman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.
10 So the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Haman to seal the decrees against the Jews.
11 And the king said to Haman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as thou wilt.
11 The king said to Haman, “Keep the silver, and treat the nation as you will.”
12 So the king’s recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth [day], and they wrote as Haman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their [several] languages, in the name of King Artaxerxes.
12 So the king’s recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day, and they wrote as Haman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to one hundred twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their languages, in the name of King Ahasuerus.
13 And [the message] was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods.
13 The message was sent by couriers throughout the kingdom of Ahasuerus, to utterly destroy the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods. [The following is the copy of the letter. “From the great King Ahasuerus to the rulers and the governors under them of one hundred twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under him: “Ruling over many nations and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was determined (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting myself with great moderation and gentleness) to make the lives of my subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to its utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men. When I had asked my counselors how this should be brought to pass, Haman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and had obtained the second post in the kingdom, informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is scattered among all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their law to every other nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the king, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established. Having then conceived that this nation is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy, we instruct you in the letter written by Haman, who is set over the public affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year; that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed to us having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet state of affairs.”]
13a And the following is the copy of the letter; The great King Artaxerxes writes thus to the rulers and inferior governors of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under [him].
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13b Ruling over many nations, and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was minded (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting [myself] with great moderation and with gentleness), to make the lives of [my] subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to [its] utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men.
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13c But when I had inquired of my counselors how this should be brought to pass, Haman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and has obtained the second post in the kingdom,
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13d informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is mixed up with all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their laws to every [other] nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the kings, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established.
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13e Having then conceived that this nation alone [of all others] is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy;
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13f we have accordingly appointed those who are signified to you in the letters written by Haman, who is set over [the public] affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year;
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13g that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed [to us] having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet [state of] affairs.
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14 And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.
14 Copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready for that day.
15 And the business was hastened, and [that] at Susa: and the king and Haman began to drink; but the city was troubled.
15 This business was hastened also in Susa. The king and Haman began to drink, but the city was confused.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Haman
Son of Hammedatha, promoted above all the princes; enraged when Mordecai would not bow, he cast the Pur and plotted to destroy all the Jews, was exposed by Esther, and was hanged…
Cited in the guide: Esther 3:1; Esther 3:6; Esther 3:7
Hammedatha
Named only as the father of Haman the Agagite.
Cited in the guide: Esther 3:1; Esther 3:10; Esther 9:24
Mordecai
Benjaminite of Susa, exiled with Jeconiah, who raised his cousin Esther, exposed the plot of Bigthan and Teresh, refused to bow to Haman, was honored by the king, and became…
Cited in the guide: Esther 2:5; Esther 2:22; Esther 3:2
Cross references (22)
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- 1 Numbers 24:7; Esther 5:11; Daniel 6:2; 1 Samuel 15:33; Esther 3:10
- 2 Esther 2:21; Psalm 15:4; Esther 3:5; Esther 5:9; Esther 3:1
- 3 Esther 3:2; Exodus 1:17; Esther 2:19; Matthew 15:2–3
- 4 Genesis 39:10; Daniel 6:20–28; Jonah 1:9; Daniel 6:13; Daniel 3:23–30
- 5 Daniel 3:19; Esther 5:9; Proverbs 21:24; Esther 3:2; Proverbs 12:16
- 6 Psalm 83:4; Revelation 12:12
- 7 Ezra 6:15; Proverbs 16:33; Esther 9:24–26; Ezekiel 21:21–22; Esther 9:17–19
- 8 Ezra 4:12–15; Acts 16:20–21; Jeremiah 50:17; Zechariah 7:14; Leviticus 26:33
- 9 Genesis 23:16; Matthew 18:24
- 10 Genesis 41:42; Esther 8:2; Esther 7:6; Esther 8:8; Esther 3:1
- 11 Jeremiah 40:4; Jeremiah 26:14; Luke 23:25; Psalm 73:7
- 12 1 Kings 21:8; Esther 1:22; Esther 9:27; Daniel 6:8; Ezra 8:36
- 13 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 14 Esther 8:13–14
- 15 Esther 8:15; John 16:20; Proverbs 4:16; Proverbs 1:16; Hosea 7:5
- 13a 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13b 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13c 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13d 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13e 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13f 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13g 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
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