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Douay-Rheims
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And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king's provinces, may be reversed by new letters.
King James
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And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
Louis Second
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Elle dit alors: Si le roi le trouve bon et si j'ai trouvé grâce devant lui, si la chose paraît convenable au roi et si je suis agréable à ses yeux, qu'on écrive pour révoquer les lettres conçues par Haman, fils d'Hammedatha, l'Agaguite, et écrites par lui dans le but de faire périr les Juifs qui sont dans toutes les provinces du roi
Martin Luther
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und sprach: Gefällt es dem Könige, und habe ich Gnade funden vor ihm, und ist's gelegen dem Könige, und ich ihm gefalle, so schreibe man, daß die Briefe der Anschläge Hamans, des Sohns Medathas, des Agagiters, widerrufen werden, die er geschrieben hat, die Juden umzubringen in allen Landen des Königs.
Vulgate
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et ait si placet regi et inveni gratiam coram oculis eius et deprecatio mea non ei videtur esse contraria obsecro ut novis epistulis veteres Aman litterae insidiatoris et hostis Iudaeorum quibus eos in cunctis regis provinciis perire praeceperat corrigantur

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


ait : he says.
si : if.
placet : it is agreed, it is resolved, it seems good.
deprecatio : prayer.
non : not.
esse : nature of being.
ut : (+ subj.) (result) so that, that.
ut : (+ subj.) (purpose) in order that, to, that.
ut : (+ indic.) when, as.
ut : (+ subj.) (command) to, that.
litterae : (pl.) letter, epistle, missive, note /literature.
hostis : an enemy of the state.
quibus : (neut. pl. abl.) the arms WITH WHICH he won Rome.
quibus : (neut. pl. dat.) the crimes FOR WHICH he was executed.
quibus : (masc. pl. dat.) the monastery IN WHICH he was intered.
quibus : (masc. pl. abl.) his sons, BY WHOM he was attacked when old.
quibus : (fem. pl. abl.) the beards, BY WHICH the pirates were known.
quibus : (fem. pl. dat.) the good fortune, TO WHICH he owed his crown.
in : (+ acc.) into, toward, against.
in : (+ abl.) in.