EST 8:6 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) I couldn’t bear to see the terrible thing that is about to happen to my people. I certainly couldn’t bear to see all my relatives destroyed!”

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 For how could I bear to see the evil that my people would find? And how could I bear seeing the destruction of my kindred?”

UST I am asking this because I cannot bear to see the terrible thing that is about to happen to my people. They are my kindred. I cannot bear to see people destroy them.”

BSB 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?”

OEB For how can I bear to look upon the evil that will come to my people? How can I bear to see their destruction?’

WEBBE 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?”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?”

LSV 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?”

FBV For how can I bear to see the disaster about to fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?”

T4T I cannot bear seeing all my family and all the rest of my people killed.”

LEB For how can I bear[fn] to look on the disaster that will find my people, and how can I bear[fn] to look on the destruction of my family?”

8:6 Literally “how am I able”

BBE For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?

Moff No Moff EST book available

JPS 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?'

ASV 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?

DRA For how call I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?

YLT 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?'

Drby For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

RV 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?

Wbstr 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?

KJB-1769 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?[fn]

8.6 endure…: Heb. be able that I may see

KJB-1611 [fn]For how can I endure to see the euill that shall come vnto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kinred?
(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 kinred?)

8:6 Heb. be able that I may see.

Bshps For how can I suffer and see the euill that shall come vnto my people? or how can I beare and loke vpon the destruction of my kindred?
(For how can I suffer and see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I bear and look upon the destruction of my kindred?)

Gnva For how can I suffer and see the euil, that shall come vnto my people? Or howe can I suffer and see the destruction of my kinred?
(For how can I suffer and see the euil, that shall come unto my people? Or how can I suffer and see the destruction of my kinred? )

Cvdl For how can I se the euell that shal happe vnto my people? and how can I loke vpon the destruction of my kynred?
(For how can I see the evil that shall happen unto my people? and how can I look upon the destruction of my kynred?)

Wycl for hou schal Y mowe suffre the deth, and the sleyng of my puple?
(for how shall I more suffer the death, and the sleyng of my puple?)

Luth Denn wie kann ich zusehen dem Übel, das mein Volk treffen würde? Und wie kann ich zusehen, daß mein Geschlecht umkomme?
(Because like kann I zusehen to_him Übel, the my people treffen würde? And like kann I zusehen, that my Geschlecht umkomme?)

ClVg Quomodo enim potero sustinere necem et interfectionem populi mei?
(Quomodo because potero sustinere necem and killedonem of_the_people mei? )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּ֠י

that/for/because/then/when

Here Esther is giving the reason why she is asking King Ahasuerus to revoke the letters. Alternate translation: “the reason I am asking is that”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

אֵיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽ⁠רָאִ֔יתִי בָּ⁠רָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָ֣א אֶת־עַמִּ֑⁠י וְ⁠אֵֽיכָכָ֤ה אוּכַל֙ וְֽ⁠רָאִ֔יתִי בְּ⁠אָבְדַ֖ן מוֹלַדְתִּֽ⁠י

how bear and,see in/on/at/with,disaster which/who coming_on DOM people,my and,how bear and,see in/on/at/with,destruction kindred,my

Esther is actually making a statement, but she expresses herself in question form to show how strongly she feels about what she is saying. She does not actually expect the king to tell her how she could bear seeing her people destroyed. Alternate translation: “I cannot bear to see disaster fall on the Jews” or “I cannot endure watching my relatives be killed”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

how bear and,see in/on/at/with,disaster which/who coming_on DOM people,my and,how bear and,see in/on/at/with,destruction kindred,my

These two sentences mean basically the same thing. Esther uses the repetition to emphasize the importance of what she is saying. If it would be helpful in your language, you could combine the phrases. Alternate translation: “I could not bear to see my relatives and my whole people destroyed”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בָּ⁠רָעָ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־יִמְצָ֣א אֶת־עַמִּ֑⁠י

in/on/at/with,disaster which/who coming_on DOM people,my

Even though it was morally very wrong for Haman to want to destroy Mordecai’s whole people, here the abstract noun evil likely means “harm,” as in 7:7. It means the same thing as “destruction” in the next sentence. Alternate translation: “my people being destroyed”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יִמְצָ֣א

coming_on

As in 1:5, find is an idiom that means something exists in a certain place or time, not that people were looking for it and located it. Esther is speaking of the harm that will exist for the Jews if the effect of Haman’s letters is not undone. Alternate translation: “would be destroyed”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠אָבְדַ֖ן

in/on/at/with,destruction

This abstract noun can be expressed with a verb such as “destroyed.”

מוֹלַדְתִּֽ⁠י

kindred,my

Alternate translation: “my relatives”

Parallel EST 8:6