Esther 8:6

In 11 translations

BSB

For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”

KJV

For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?endure…: Heb. be able that I may see

WEB

For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?” For how could I see the affliction of my people, and how could I survive the destruction of my kindred?”Greek country.

ASV

for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

LSV

for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that finds my people? And how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my family?”

YLT

for how do I endure when I have looked on the evil that doth find my people? and how do I endure when I have looked on the destruction of my kindred?'

DBY

For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

DRC

For how call I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?

GNV

For how can I suffer and see the euil, that shall come vnto my people? Or howe can I suffer and see the destruction of my kinred?

JPS

for how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?'

LXXE

For how shall I be able to look upon the affliction of my people, and how shall I be able to survive the destruction of my kindred?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

כִּ֠י אֵיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בָּרָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָ֣א אֶת־עַמִּ֑י וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי בְּאָבְדַ֖ן מוֹלַדְתִּֽי׃

LXX-Br

Πῶς γὰρ δυνήσομαι ἰδεῖν τὴν κάκωσιν τοῦ λαοῦ μου, καὶ πῶς δυνήσομαι σωθῆναι ἐν τῇ ἀπωλείᾳ τῆς πατρίδος μου;

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Esther 7:4For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening…
• Romans 10:1Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.
• Romans 9:2–3I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were cursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my own flesh and blood,
• Genesis 44:34For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”
• Nehemiah 2:3and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
• Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
• Esther 9:1On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the…
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
• Luke 19:41–42As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.

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