Esther 7:4
New International Version
4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(A) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]”
Footnotes
- Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
Esther 8:11
New International Version
11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[a] and to plunder(A) the property of their enemies.
Footnotes
- Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;
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