Esther 3:11

and the king says to Haman, “The silver is given to you, and the people, to do with it as [it is] good in your eyes.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

In Context

10And the king turns aside his signet from off his hand, and gives it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;

12And scribes of the king are called, on the first month, on the thirteenth day of it, and it is written according to all that Haman has commanded, to lieutenants of the king, and to the governors who [are] over province and province, and to the heads of people and people, province and province, according to its writing, and people and people according to its tongue, in the name of King Ahasuerus it has been written and sealed with the signet of the king,

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Cross References

Jeremiah 26:14And I, behold, I [am] in your hand, do to me as is good and as is right in your eyes;

Luke 23:25and he released him who because of sedition and murder has been cast into the prison, whom they were asking for, and he gave up Jesus to their will.

Matthew Henry on Esther 3:8-15

Haman Obtains Leave to Slay the Jews. ( b. c. 510.) 7 In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. 8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is… Read the whole commentary →

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