Esther 3:5-7
1599 Geneva Bible
5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not the knee unto him, nor did reverence unto him, then Haman was full of wrath.
6 Now he [a]thought it too little to lay hands only on Mordecai: and because they had showed him the people of Mordecai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.
7 In the first month (that is the month [b]Nisan) in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur (that is a lot) [c]before Haman, from day to day, and from month to month unto the twelfth month, that is the month [d]Adar.
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- Esther 3:6 Hebrew, despised in his eyes.
- Esther 3:7 Which answereth to part of March and part of April.
- Esther 3:7 To know what month and day should be good to enterprise this thing, that it might have good success: but God disappointed their lots, and expectation.
- Esther 3:7 Containing part of February and part of March.
Esther 3:5-7
New International Version
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.(A) 6 Yet having learned who Mordecai’s people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way(B) to destroy(C) all Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(D) throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.
7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the pur(E) (that is, the lot(F)) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on[a] the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(G)
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- Esther 3:7 Septuagint; Hebrew does not have And the lot fell on.
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