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Esther 8:6 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Esther 8:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Esther chapter 8 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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”
Esther 8:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Esther 8:6
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? Esther's appeal becomes personally emotional: "how can I endure" (literally "how am I able") to witness her people's destruction? The parallel phrases—"evil that shall come unto my people" and "destruction of my kindred"—emphasize both communal and familial bonds. This declaration demonstrates Esther's full identification with the Jewish people despite her position as Persian queen. She could have remained safe (Mordecai warned against this in 4:13-14), but she commits...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Esther 8:6
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“I and my people”
“That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.”
“my heart's desire and my prayer to God is for Israel”
“if the boy isn't with me?-- lest I see the evil that will come on my father.,For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.,כִּי־אֵיךְ אֶעֱלֶה אֶל־אָבִי וְהַנַּעַר אֵינֶנּוּ אִתִּי פֶּן אֶרְאֶה בָרָע אֲשֶׁר יִמְצָא אֶת־אָבִי׃ ,For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I look upon the evil that shall come on my father.”
“which is the month Adar”
“my anguish! I am pained at my very heart; my heart is disquieted in me; I can't hold my peace; because you have heard”
“and my eyes a spring of tears”
“he saw the city and wept over it”
“Let the king live forever: why should not my face be sad”