EST 2:23 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) When the matter was investigated and the facts discovered, both conspirators were impaled on sharpened wooden poles, and in the presence of the king, the incident was recorded in the royal record of events.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And the matter was sought out and was found out, and the two of them were hanged on a pole. And it was written in the book of the events of days before the face of the king.

UST So the king’s officials investigated Mordecai’s report and discovered that it was true. So the king ordered his servants to hang those two men from wooden poles until they died. In the king’s presence, the king’s scribes recorded an account of this in the royal chronicles.

BSB § After the report had been investigated and verified, both officials were hanged on the gallows. And all this was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles [fn] in the presence of the king.

2:23 Or the Book of the Annals or the Book of the Historical Events

OEB When the affair was investigated and the facts discovered, the conspirators were both hanged on the gallows. The incident was recorded in the presence of the king in the daily record of events.

WEBBE When this matter was investigated, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the book of the chronicles in the king’s presence.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET The king then had the matter investigated and, finding it to be so, had the two conspirators hanged on a gallows. It was then recorded in the daily chronicles in the king’s presence.

LSV and the thing is sought out, and found, and both of them are hanged on a tree, and it is written in the scroll of the Chronicles before the king.

FBV When the plot was investigated and found to be true, both men were impaled on poles.[fn] This was recorded in the official Book of Records by order of the king.

2:23 Execution by impaling was the usual method, not by hanging with a noose.

T4T The king investigated and found out that Mordecai’s report was true. So the king ordered that those two men be hanged. When that was done, ◄an official wrote a report/a report was written► about it in a book called ‘The book that records what happened while Xerxes was king’.

LEB And the matter was investigated and found to be so; and the two of them were hanged on the gallows, and it was written in the scroll of the events of the days before the presence of the king.

BBE And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.

Moff No Moff EST book available

JPS And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree; and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

ASV And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

DRA It was inquired into, and found out: and they were both hanged on a gibbet. And it was put in the histories, and recorded in the chronicles before the king.

YLT and the thing is sought out, and found, and they are hanged both of them on a tree, and it is written in the book of the Chronicles before the king.

Drby And the matter was investigated and found out; and they were both hanged on a tree. And it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

RV And when inquisition was made of the matter, and it was found to be so, they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

Wbstr And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was discovered; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

KJB-1769 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.

KJB-1611 And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therfore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the booke of the chronicles before the king.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And when inquisition was made, it was founde so, and they were both hanged on tree: and it was written in the Chronicles before the king.
(And when inquisition was made, it was found so, and they were both hanged on tree: and it was written in the Chronicles before the king.)

Gnva No Gnva EST 2:23 verse available

Cvdl And whan inquisicion was made, it was founde so. And they were both hanged on tre: and it was wrytte in the Cronicles before the kynge.
(And when inquisicion was made, it was found so. And they were both hanged on tre: and it was written in the Chronicles before the king.)

Wycl It was souyt, and it was foundun, and ech of hem was hangid in a iebat; and `it was sent to storyes, and was bitakun to bookis of yeeris, `bifor the kyng.
(It was souyt, and it was foundun, and each of them was hangid in a iebat; and `it was sent to storyes, and was bitakun to bookis of yearis, `bifor the king.)

Luth Und da man solches forschete, ward es funden. Und sie wurden beide an Bäume gehängt, und ward geschrieben in die Chronik vor dem Könige.
(And there man such forschete, what/which it funden. And they/she/them became both at Bäume gehängt, and what/which written in the Chronik before/in_front_of to_him kings/king.)

ClVg Quæsitum est, et inventum: et appensus est uterque eorum in patibulo. Mandatumque est historiis, et annalibus traditum coram rege.[fn]
(Quæsitum it_is, and inventum: and appensus it_is uterque their in patibulo. Mandatumque it_is historiis, and annalibus traditum before rege. )

2.23 Historiis et annalibus traditum coram rege, etc. Duobus Testamentis, in quibus scriptum est, quæ justis præmia, quæ injustis debeantur supplicia; unde: Ibunt hi in supplicium æternum: justi autem in vitam æternam Matth. 25.. Et in Ezech.: Justitiæ justi super eum, et impietas impii erit super eum Ezech. 18..

2.23 Historiis and annalibus traditum before rege, etc. Duobus Testamentis, in to_whom scriptum it_is, which justis præmia, which injustis debeantur supplicia; unde: Ibunt hi in supplicium eternal: justi however in life eternal Matth. 25.. And in Ezech.: Yustitiæ justi over him, and impietas impii will_be over him Ezech. 18..

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential

וַ⁠יְבֻקַּ֤שׁ הַ⁠דָּבָר֙ וַ⁠יִּמָּצֵ֔א וַ⁠יִּתָּל֥וּ שְׁנֵי⁠הֶ֖ם עַל־עֵ֑ץ

and,investigated the,report and,found and,hanged both_of=them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in tree/word

This verse tells what happened next after Esther gave the information to the king. You can use a word such as “then” to indicate this.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וַ⁠יְבֻקַּ֤שׁ הַ⁠דָּבָר֙ וַ⁠יִּמָּצֵ֔א

and,investigated the,report and,found

You can say this with an active form, and you can say who did the action. For example, you can say, “Then the king’s servants investigated Mordecai’s report and found out that it was true.”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וַ⁠יִּתָּל֥וּ שְׁנֵי⁠הֶ֖ם עַל־עֵ֑ץ

and,hanged both_of=them on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in tree/word

You can say this with an active form, and you can say who did the action. Alternate translation: “the king ordered his servants to impale those two men on wooden poles” or “the king ordered his servants to hang those two men on a gallows”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

עֵ֑ץ

tree/word

This seems to refer specifically to a pole or wooden structure that would be used to suspend a person above the ground and that could be used as a means of killing him or to display his body after he was dead. This might mean: (1) by hanging him from it with a rope tied around his neck, or (2) by impaling him on it, that is, by sticking a sharp point on one end of a pole through his body. Alternate translation: “wooden structure” or “wooden pole” or “gallows”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וַ⁠יִּכָּתֵ֗ב

and,recorded

You can say this with an active form, and you can say who did the action. You can say, for example, “The king’s scribes recorded an account of this.”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּ⁠סֵ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י הַ⁠יָּמִ֖ים

in/on/at/with,book events the=days

This is an idiom that describes a regular record of the events in a king’s reign. You could call this “the royal chronicles.” Alternate translation: “the daily record book”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י הַ⁠מֶּֽלֶךְ

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the,king

Here, face refers to the presence of a person. The phrase means that the scribes wrote this account while King Ahasuerus was personally present. You could say that they did this in the king’s presence. Alternate translation: “the king watched a scribe write this down”

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