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Esther 16:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" It is right to take heed with regard to the future, that we may maintain the government in undisturbed peace for all men, "

Esther 16:8

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6 while men, by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple goodwill of the ruling powers.

7 And it is possible to see this, not so much from more ancient traditional accounts, as it is immediately in your power to see it by examining what things have been wickedly perpetrated by the baseness of men unworthily holding power.

8 It is right to take heed with regard to the future, that we may maintain the government in undisturbed peace for all men,

9 adopting needful changes, and ever judging those cases which come under our notice with truly equitable decisions.

10 For whereas Haman, a Macedonian, the son of Hammedatha, in reality an alien from the blood of the Persians, and differing widely from our mild course of government, having been hospitably entertained by us,

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Esther 16:1

"The following is a copy of the letter containing orders: The great King Ahasuerus sends greetings to the rulers of provinces in one hundred twenty-seven local governance regions, from India to Ethiopia, even to those who are faithful to our interests."

Esther 16:2

"Many who have been frequently honored by the most abundant kindness of their benefactors have conceived ambitious designs,"

Esther 16:3

"and not only endeavor to hurt our subjects, but moreover, not being able to bear prosperity, they also endeavor to plot against their own benefactors."

Esther 16:4

"They not only would utterly abolish gratitude from among men, but also, elated by the boastings of men who are strangers to all that is good, they supposed that they would escape the sin-hating vengeance of the ever-seeing God."

Esther 16:5

"And oftentimes evil exhortation has made partakers of the guilt of shedding innocent blood, and has involved in irremediable calamities many of those who had been appointed to offices of authority, who had been entrusted with the management of their friends’ affairs;"

Esther 16:6

"while men, by the false sophistry of an evil disposition, have deceived the simple goodwill of the ruling powers."

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