Esther 8:6
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?In other versions
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 is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?
BBE
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?
DBY
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 relatives?
WEB
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?'
YLT
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?
ENG
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?
WBT
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?”
BSB
In context
4Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
5And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
6For 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?
7Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.