Esther 3:9 
Context| NETBible | If the king is so inclined, 1 let an edict be issued 2 to destroy them. I will pay ten thousand talents of silver 3 to be conveyed to the king’s treasuries for the officials who carry out this business.” |
| NIV © biblegateway Est 3:9 |
If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will put ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury for the men who carry out this business." |
| NASB © biblegateway Est 3:9 |
"If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king’s business, to put into the king’s treasuries." |
| NLT © biblegateway Est 3:9 |
If it please Your Majesty, issue a decree that they be destroyed, and I will give 375 tons of silver to the government administrators so they can put it into the royal treasury." |
| MSG © biblegateway Est 3:9 |
If it please the king, let orders be given that they be destroyed. I'll pay for it myself. I'll deposit 375 tons of silver in the royal bank to finance the operation." |
| BBE © SABDAweb Est 3:9 |
If it is the king’s pleasure, let a statement ordering their destruction be put in writing: and I will give to those responsible for the king’s business, ten thousand talents of silver for the king’s store-house. |
| NRSV © bibleoremus Est 3:9 |
If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued for their destruction, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king’s business, so that they may put it into the king’s treasuries." |
| NKJV © biblegateway Est 3:9 |
"If it pleases the king, let a decree be written that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who do the work, to bring it into the king’s treasuries." |
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| NASB © biblegateway Est 3:9 |
"If <0518> it is pleasing <02895> to the king <04428> , let it be decreed <03789> that they be destroyed <06> , and I will pay <08254> ten <06235> thousand <0505> talents <03603> of silver <03701> into the hands <03027> of those who carry <06213> on the king's business <04399> , to put <0935> into the king's treasuries <01595> ." |
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| NET [draft] ITL | If <0518> the king <04428> is so inclined <02895> , let an edict be issued <03789> to destroy <06> them. I will pay <08254> ten <06235> thousand <0505> talents <03603> of silver <03701> to <05921> be conveyed <0935> to <0413> the king’s <04428> treasuries <01595> for the officials <03027> who carry out <06213> this business <04399> .” |
| HEBREW | |
| NETBible | If the king is so inclined, 1 let an edict be issued 2 to destroy them. I will pay ten thousand talents of silver 3 to be conveyed to the king’s treasuries for the officials who carry out this business.” |
| NET Notes |
1 tn Heb “If upon the king it is good”; KJV “If it please the king.” 2 tn Heb “let it be written” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “let it be decreed.” 3 sn The enormity of the monetary sum referred to here can be grasped by comparing this amount (10,000 talents of silver) to the annual income of the empire, which according to Herodotus (Histories 3.95) was 14,500 Euboic talents. In other words Haman is offering the king a bribe equal to two-thirds of the royal income. Doubtless this huge sum of money was to come (in large measure) from the anticipated confiscation of Jewish property and assets once the Jews had been destroyed. That such a large sum of money is mentioned may indicate something of the economic standing of the Jewish population in the empire of King Ahasuerus. |
