Esther Chapter 3 verse 11 Holy Bible
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.
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And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.
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And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as seems good to thee.
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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.
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And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.
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The king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.
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and the king saith to Haman, `The silver is given to thee, and the people, to do with it as `it is' good in thine eyes.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - The silver is given thee, the people also. Not "the silver which thou hast given me is given back to thee," for the 10,000 talents had not been given, but only offered. Rather, "the silver of the people is given thee, together with the people themselves, to do with both as it pleases thee." Confiscation always accompanies execution in the East, and the goods of those who are put to death naturally escheat to the crown, which either seizes them or makes a grant of them. Compare ch. 8:11, where the property of those of the Jews' enemies who should suffer death is granted to those who should slay them.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) And the king said . . .--With indifference which seems incredible, but which is quite in accordance with what we otherwise know of Xerxes, the king simply hands over to his minister the whole nation and their possessions to do with as he will. The king perhaps was glad to throw the cares of government on his minister, and, too indolent to form an opinion for himself, was content to believe that the Jews were a worthless, disloyal people.