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How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/esther/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For how can I endure to see my people and my family slaughtered and destroyed?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/esther/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For how can I bear to see the calamity that is coming to my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/esther/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/esther/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/esther/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For how can I endure to see the evil that will come to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my countrymen?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/esther/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For how can I endure to see the disaster which will happen to my people, and how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/esther/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For how can I endure to see the calamity which will befall my people, and how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/esther/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For how can I endure to see the calamity which shall befall my people, and how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/esther/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For how can I endure to see the calamity which will befall my people, and how can I endure to see the perishing of my kinsmen?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/esther/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For how can I endure to see the tragedy that will happen to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/esther/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives? ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/esther/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my relatives?&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/esther/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/esther/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and I can't bear to see my people and my own relatives destroyed." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/esther/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/esther/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I cannot bear to see my people suffer such evil. And I simply cannot bear to see the destruction of my relatives."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/esther/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />How can I endure it if this disaster comes on my people, and my own relatives are killed?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/esther/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Indeed, how can I bear to see this disaster happen to my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my kinsmen?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/esther/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/esther/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For how can I endure to see the disaster that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/esther/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For how can I endure to see the evil that will come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/esther/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/esther/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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?” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/esther/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/esther/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/esther/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For how shall I be able and I looked upon the evil which shall be found with my people? And how shall I be able and I looked upon the destruction of my kindred?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/esther/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For how call I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/esther/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 12:6>For how will I be able to endure the murder and execution of my people?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/esther/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For how can I witness the evil that is to befall my people, and how can I behold the destruction of my kindred?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/esther/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For how can I bear to see the calamity that is coming on my people? Or how can I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/esther/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For how can I endure to see the calamity that shall come to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/esther/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />For how can I look at the evil that will happen to my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my nation?”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/esther/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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?'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/esther/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />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?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/esther/8-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TRosJDhNG-8?start=1538" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/esther/8.htm">Esther's Appeal for the Jews</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/349.htm" title="349: ’ê·ḵā·ḵāh (Interjection) -- How?. Also eykah; and teykakah; prolonged from 'ay; how? Or how!; also where.">how</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: ’ū·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally.">could I bear</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·rā·’î·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">to see</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: bā·rā·‘āh (Prep-b, Art:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">the disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: yim·ṣā (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">would befall</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">my people?</a> <a href="/hebrew/349.htm" title="349: wə·’ê·ḵā·ḵāh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- How?. Also eykah; and teykakah; prolonged from 'ay; how? Or how!; also where.">How</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: ’ū·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally.">could I bear</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·rā·’î·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">to see</a> <a href="/hebrew/13.htm" title="13: bə·’ā·ḇə·ḏan (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Destruction. From 'abad; a perishing.">the destruction</a> <a href="/hebrew/4138.htm" title="4138: mō·w·laḏ·tî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Kindred, birth, offspring. From yalad; nativity; by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family.">of my kindred?”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/1-3.htm">Nehemiah 1:3-4</a></span><br />And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.” / When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/32-32.htm">Exodus 32:32</a></span><br />Yet now, if You would only forgive their sin.... But if not, please blot me out of the book that You have written.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-1.htm">Romans 9:1-3</a></span><br />I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit. / I 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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Genesis 18:23-33</a></span><br />Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? / What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? / Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3-19</a></span><br />So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. / And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah 9:1</a></span><br />Oh, 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/1-8.htm">Philippians 1:8</a></span><br />God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/12-23.htm">1 Samuel 12:23</a></span><br />As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-1.htm">Romans 10:1</a></span><br />Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is for their salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-28.htm">2 Corinthians 11:28-29</a></span><br />Apart from these external trials, I face daily the pressure of my concern for all the churches. / Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-136.htm">Psalm 119:136</a></span><br />My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As 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. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Isaiah 62:1</a></span><br />For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:9-10</a></span><br />How can we adequately thank God for you in return for our great joy over you in His presence? / Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking in your faith.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-17.htm">Joel 2:17</a></span><br />Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?</p><p class="hdg">For how.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/44-34.htm">Genesis 44:34</a></b></br> For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad <i>be</i> not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-19.htm">Jeremiah 4:19</a></b></br> My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah 9:1</a></b></br> Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!</p><p class="hdg">endure to see.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/7-4.htm">Esther 7:4</a></b></br> For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Nehemiah 2:3</a></b></br> And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, <i>lieth</i> waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/1-22.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-34.htm">Befall</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-14.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/esther/7-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/34-28.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-16.htm">Endure</a> <a href="/esther/7-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/esther/6-13.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/esther/8-2.htm">Family</a> <a href="/esther/4-5.htm">Find</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Kindred</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-15.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/2_kings/25-5.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/nehemiah/6-3.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Relatives</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/9-9.htm">Bear</a> <a href="/job/5-19.htm">Befall</a> <a href="/job/6-2.htm">Calamity</a> <a href="/esther/9-5.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/job/9-23.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/job/6-11.htm">Endure</a> <a href="/esther/9-25.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/job/1-15.htm">Fall</a> <a href="/esther/9-28.htm">Family</a> <a href="/job/3-22.htm">Find</a> <a href="/job/32-2.htm">Kindred</a> <a href="/esther/10-3.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/job/20-22.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/job/9-2.htm">Possible</a> <a href="/job/19-14.htm">Relatives</a><div class="vheading2">Esther 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/8-1.htm">Mordecai is advanced.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/8-3.htm">Esther makes suit to reverse Haman's letters.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/8-7.htm">Xerxes grants to the Jews to defend themselves.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/8-15.htm">Mordecai's honor, and the Jews' joy.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/esther/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/esther/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/esther/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people?</b><br>This phrase reflects Esther's deep empathy and identification with her Jewish heritage. The term "disaster" refers to the impending genocide decreed by Haman, which was still in effect despite his execution. Esther's plea is reminiscent of Moses' intercession for Israel in <a href="/exodus/32-11.htm">Exodus 32:11-14</a>, where he appeals to God to spare the Israelites. The historical context is crucial here; the Jews were living in exile in Persia, a foreign land where they were vulnerable to the whims of the ruling powers. Esther's position as queen gave her a unique opportunity to advocate for her people, highlighting the providential role she played in God's plan for the preservation of the Jewish nation. This moment underscores the theme of divine providence and human agency working together for the deliverance of God's people.<p><b>How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?</b><br>The repetition of the phrase "How could I bear" emphasizes Esther's emotional turmoil and personal investment in the fate of her people. The word "destruction" indicates the total annihilation that was planned against the Jews, echoing the language of lament found in the Psalms and Lamentations. Esther's use of "my kindred" signifies her personal connection and responsibility towards her fellow Jews, akin to the familial language used by Paul in <a href="/romans/9-3.htm">Romans 9:3</a>, where he expresses sorrow for his kinsmen according to the flesh. This phrase also foreshadows the ultimate deliverance that comes through Christ, who, like Esther, intercedes for His people, bearing their burdens and securing their salvation. Esther's advocacy is a type of Christ's mediatorial role, pointing to the greater redemption found in Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/esther.htm">Esther</a></b><br>The Jewish queen of Persia who bravely intercedes for her people, risking her own life to save them from destruction.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/mordecai.htm">Mordecai</a></b><br>Esther's cousin and guardian, who plays a crucial role in the events leading up to the Jews' deliverance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_xerxes.htm">King Xerxes (Ahasuerus)</a></b><br>The Persian king who is persuaded by Esther to issue a new decree to protect the Jews.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/haman.htm">Haman</a></b><br>The antagonist who plotted the destruction of the Jews, whose downfall leads to the reversal of his evil plans.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/susa.htm">Susa (Shushan)</a></b><br>The capital of the Persian Empire, where the events of the Book of Esther take place.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/intercession_and_advocacy.htm">Intercession and Advocacy</a></b><br>Esther's plea for her people exemplifies the power of intercession. Believers are called to stand in the gap for others, praying and advocating for those in need.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_the_face_of_adversity.htm">Courage in the Face of Adversity</a></b><br>Esther's willingness to risk her life teaches us the importance of courage and faith when confronting injustice or danger.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_providence.htm">God's Sovereignty and Providence</a></b><br>The events in Esther demonstrate God's unseen hand guiding and protecting His people, reminding us to trust in His sovereign plans.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_identity.htm">The Importance of Identity</a></b><br>Esther's identification with her people highlights the significance of understanding and embracing our identity in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_influence.htm">The Power of Influence</a></b><br>Esther's influence as queen shows how God can use our positions and relationships to bring about His purposes.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_esther_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Esther 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_deem_immoral.htm">What are the consequences of our actions according to scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_the_bible_view_karma.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on karma?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_mention_'irrevocable'_mede_laws.htm">Why does Daniel 6:8 refer to the supposedly 'irrevocable' laws of the Medes and Persians, given that historical records offer little evidence of such an absolute statute?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_esther_7_4's_decree_reversal_credible.htm">Esther 7:4 - How credible is it that a royal decree ordering genocide could be issued and then so quickly reversed without any historical records corroborating it?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/esther/8-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֠י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">how</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵיכָכָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ê·ḵā·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_349.htm">Strong's 349: </a> </span><span class="str2">How?, how!, where</span><br /><br /><span class="word">could I bear</span><br /><span class="heb">אוּכַל֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ū·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3201.htm">Strong's 3201: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be able, have power</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to see</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·’î·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the disaster</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּרָעָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(bā·rā·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bad, evil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would befall</span><br /><span class="heb">יִמְצָ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(yim·ṣā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my people?</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמִּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">How</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵֽיכָכָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ê·ḵā·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_349.htm">Strong's 349: </a> </span><span class="str2">How?, how!, where</span><br /><br /><span class="word">could I bear</span><br /><span class="heb">אוּכַל֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ū·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3201.htm">Strong's 3201: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be able, have power</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to see</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽרָאִ֔יתִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·rā·’î·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the destruction</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאָבְדַ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ā·ḇə·ḏan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_13.htm">Strong's 13: </a> </span><span class="str2">Destruction </span><br /><br /><span class="word">of my kindred?”</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹלַדְתִּֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·laḏ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4138.htm">Strong's 4138: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nativity, lineage, native country, offspring, family</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/esther/8-6.htm">Esther 8:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/esther/8-6.htm">OT History: Esther 8:6 For how can I endure to see (Est Esth. 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