11And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.


In Context

8 And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.

9 If it please thee, decree that they may he destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers.

10 And the king took the ring that he used, from his own hand, and gave it to Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy of the Jews,

11 And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.

12 And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same month: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring,

13 Were sent by the king's messengers to all provinces, to kill and destroy all the Jews, both young and old, little children, and women, in one day, that is, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is called Adar, and to make a spoil of their goods.

Esther 3:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:11And the king said unto Haman, The silver [is] given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:11"Keep the money," the king said to Haman, "and do with the people as you please."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:11And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as seems good to thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:11And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11The king said to Haman, |The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:11and 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:11And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.