Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
For how could I bear to see the disaster that would come on my people?
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
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?
International Standard Version
Indeed, how can I bear to see this disaster happen to my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my kinsmen?"
A Conservative Version
For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
American Standard Version
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?
Amplified
For how can I endure to see the tragedy that will happen to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?”
Bible in Basic English
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?
Darby Translation
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?
Julia Smith Translation
For how shall I be able and I looked upon the evil which shall be found with my people? And how shall I be able and I looked upon the destruction of my kindred?
King James 2000
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?
Lexham Expanded Bible
For {how can I bear} to look on the disaster that will find my people, and {how can I bear} to look on the destruction of my family?"
Modern King James verseion
For how can I bear to see the evil that shall come on my people? Or how can I endure to see the slaughter of my kindred?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For how can I see the evil that shall happen unto my people? And how can I look upon the destruction of my kindred?"
NET Bible
For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?"
New Heart English Bible
For how can I endure to see the disaster that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?"
The Emphasized Bible
For how can I endure to see the ruin that shall overtake my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
Webster
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?
World English Bible
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?"
Youngs Literal Translation
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?'
Topics
Interlinear
Yakol
יכול יכל
Yakol
could, able, cannot, prevail, may, can, canst, endure, might,
Usage: 194
Ra'ah
ראה
Ra'ah
see, look, behold, shew, appear, consider, seer, spy, respect, perceive, provide, regard, enjoy, lo, foreseeth, heed,
Usage: 1308
Ra`
Matsa'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 8:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mordecai Is Promoted
5
She said, “If it pleases the king, and I have found approval before him, if the matter seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his sight,
Cross References
Esther 7:4
For my people and I have been sold out
Genesis 44:34
For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the grief that would overwhelm my father.”
Nehemiah 2:3
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I
Esther 9:1
The king’s command and law
Jeremiah 4:19
Oh, the pain in
My heart pounds;
I cannot be silent.
For you, my soul,
have heard the sound of the ram’s horn—
the shout of battle.
Jeremiah 9:1
my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
over the slain of my dear
Luke 19:41-42
As He approached and saw the city, He wept
Romans 9:2-3
that I have intense sorrow and continual anguish in my heart.
Romans 10:1
Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God concerning them