Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 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. scattered abroad. Leviticus 26:33 And I will scatter you among the Gentiles: and I will draw out the sword after you. And your land shall be desert, and your cities destroyed. Deuteronomy 4:27 And scatter you among all nations, and you shall remain a few among the nations, to which the Lord shall lead you. Deuteronomy 30:3 The Lord thy God will bring back again thy captivity, and will have mercy on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations, into which he scattered thee before. Deuteronomy 32:26 I said: Where are they? I will make the memory of them to cease from among men. Nehemiah 1:8 Remember the word that thou commandedst to Moses thy servant, saying: If you shall transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: Jeremiah 50:17 Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria devoured him: and last this Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon hath broken his bones. Ezekiel 6:8 And I will leave in you some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when I shall have scattered you through the countries. Ezekiel 11:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Because I have removed them far off among the Gentiles, and because I have scattered them among the countries: I will be to them a little sanctuary in the countries whither they are come. Zechariah 7:14 And I dispersed them throughout all kingdoms, which they know not: and the land was left desolate behind them, so that no man passed through or returned: and they changed the delightful land into a wilderness. John 7:35 The Jews therefore said among themselves: Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? Will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles? James 1:1 James, the servant of God and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 1 Peter 1:1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, elect, their laws. Ezra 4:12-15 Be it known to the king, that the Jews, who came up from thee to us, are come to Jerusalem a rebellious and wicked city, which they are building, setting up the ramparts thereof and repairing the walls. . . . Acts 16:20,21 And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews: . . . Acts 17:6,7 And not finding them, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying: They that set the city in an uproar are come hither also: . . . Acts 24:5 We have found this to be a pestilent man and raising seditions among all the Jews throughout the world: and author of the sedition of the sect of the Nazarenes. Acts 28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that it is every where contradicted. for the king's profit to. Context Haman Plots Against the Jews…7In the first month (which is called Nisan) in the twelfth year of the reign of Assuerus, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Phur, before Aman, on what day and what month the nation of the Jews should be destroyed: and there came out the twelfth month, which is called Adar. 8And 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.9If it please thee, decree that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers.… Cross References Acts 16:20 And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews: Acts 16:21 And preach a fashion which it is not lawful for us to receive nor observe, being Romans. Ezra 4:12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews, who came up from thee to us, are come to Jerusalem a rebellious and wicked city, which they are building, setting up the ramparts thereof and repairing the walls. Esther 3:9 If it please thee, decree that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents to thy treasurers. Esther 4:1 Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind. Jeremiah 33:24 Hast thou not seen what this people hath spoken, saying: The two families which the Lord had chosen, are cast off: and they have despised my people, so that it is no more a nation before them? Daniel 3:8 And presently at that very time some Chaldeans came and accused the Jews, Daniel 6:13 Then they answered, and said before the king: Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Juda, hath not regarded thy law, nor the decree that thou hast made: but three times a day he maketh his prayer. Lexicon Then Hamanהָמָן֙ (hā·mān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2001: Haman -- to rage, be turbulent informed וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say King לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king Xerxes, אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ (’ă·ḥaš·wê·rō·wōš) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 325: Ahasuerus -- king of Persia “There יֶשְׁנ֣וֹ (yeš·nōw) Adverb | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3426: Being, substance, existence, is is a certain אֶחָ֗ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first people עַם־ (‘am-) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock scattered מְפֻזָּ֤ר (mə·p̄uz·zār) Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6340: To scatter and dispersed וּמְפֹרָד֙ (ū·mə·p̄ō·rāḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6504: To break through, spread, separate among בֵּ֣ין (bên) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 996: An interval, space between the peoples הָֽעַמִּ֔ים (hā·‘am·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of every בְּכֹ֖ל (bə·ḵōl) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every province מְדִינ֣וֹת (mə·ḏî·nō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 4082: A judgeship, jurisdiction, a district, a region of your kingdom. מַלְכוּתֶ֑ךָ (mal·ḵū·ṯe·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4438: Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom Their laws וְדָתֵיהֶ֞ם (wə·ḏā·ṯê·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1881: A royal edict, statute are different שֹׁנ֣וֹת (šō·nō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 8138: To fold, duplicate, to transmute from everyone מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every else’s, עָ֗ם (‘ām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and they do not אֵינָ֣ם (’ê·nām) Adverb | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle obey עֹשִׂ֔ים (‘ō·śîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make the king’s הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king laws; דָּתֵ֤י (dā·ṯê) Noun - feminine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1881: A royal edict, statute it is not אֵין־ (’ên-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle in the king’s וְלַמֶּ֥לֶךְ (wə·lam·me·leḵ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king best interest שֹׁוֶ֖ה (šō·weh) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7737: To level, equalize, to resemble, to adjust to tolerate them. לְהַנִּיחָֽם׃ (lə·han·nî·ḥām) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3240: Bestow, cast down, lay down, up, leave off, let alone remain, pacify, place, Additional Translations Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone. And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from those of every people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different than other people's. They don't keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to allow them to remain. And Haman saith to the king Ahasuerus, 'There is one people scattered and separated among the peoples, in all provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws are diverse from all people, and the laws of the king they are not doing, and for the king it is not profitable to suffer them; Jump to Previous Abroad Ahasuerus Allow Different Dispersed Diverse Haman Kingdom King's Laws Peoples People's Profit Profiteth Provinces Scattered SufferJump to Next Abroad Ahasuerus Allow Different Dispersed Diverse Haman Kingdom King's Laws Peoples People's Profit Profiteth Provinces Scattered SufferExternal Links Esther 3:8 NIVEsther 3:8 NLT Esther 3:8 ESV Esther 3:8 NASB Esther 3:8 ASV Esther 3:8 Bible Apps Esther 3:8 Biblia Paralela Esther 3:8 Chinese Bible Esther 3:8 French Bible Esther 3:8 German Bible Alphabetical: a Ahasuerus all among and are best certain customs different dispersed do from Haman in interest is it King kingdom king's laws let not obey observe of other people peoples provinces remain said scattered so the their them Then There they those to tolerate who whose Xerxes your OT History: Esther 3:8 Haman said to King Ahasuerus There (Est Esth. 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