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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
ויאמר המלך להעשות כן ותנתן דת בשושן ואת עשרת בני המן תלו
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
vyAmr hmlk lh`SHvt kn vtntn dt bSHvSHn vAt `SHrt bny hmn tlv

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
praecepitque rex ut ita fieret statimque in Susis pependit edictum et decem Aman filii suspensi sunt

King James Variants
American King James Version   
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Authorized (King James) Version   
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
New King James Version   
So the king commanded this to be done; the decree was issued in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
21st Century King James Version   
And the king commanded it so to be done; and the decree was given at Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Darby Bible Translation   
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
So the king commanded this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
God's Word   
The king commanded this, issuing a decree in Susa. And so they hung Haman's ten sons [on poles].
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
The king gave the orders for this to be done, so a law was announced in Susa, and they hung the bodies of Haman's 10 sons.
International Standard Version   
The king said, "Let this be done." So an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged on poles.
NET Bible   
So the king issued orders for this to be done. A law was passed in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
New American Standard Bible   
So the king commanded that it should be done so; and an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged.
New International Version   
So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled the ten sons of Haman.
New Living Translation   
So the king agreed, and the decree was announced in Susa. And they impaled the bodies of Haman's ten sons.
Webster's Bible Translation   
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
The World English Bible   
The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
EasyEnglish Bible   
The king agreed and he commanded that this should happen. He made another law so that the Jews in Susa could fight again. They also put the dead bodies of Haman's ten sons on the tower.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
And the king saith -- `to be done so;' and a law is given in Shushan, and the ten sons of Haman they have hanged.
New Life Version   
So the king said that this should be done. He made it known in Susa, and the bodies of Haman’s ten sons were hanged.
The Voice Bible   
The king honored Queen Esther’s wishes. An order was issued in the city of Susa, and the dead bodies of the 10 sons of Haman were displayed.
Living Bible   
So the king agreed, and the decree was announced at Shushan, and they hung up the bodies of Haman’s ten sons.
New Catholic Bible   
The king then gave an order that this should be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
Legacy Standard Bible   
So the king said that it should be done so; and a law was given in Susa, and Haman’s 10 sons were hanged.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
And the king commanded it to be so done; and it was given as law at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
Christian Standard Bible   
The king gave the orders for this to be done, so a law was announced in Susa, and they hung the bodies of Haman’s ten sons.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
And the king commanded it to be done; the decree was given in Shushan, and they hanged [the bodies of] Haman’s ten sons.
New Century Version   
So the king ordered that it be done. A law was given in Susa, and the bodies of the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
The Message   
The king commanded it: The order was extended; the bodies of Haman’s ten sons were publicly hanged.
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
The king said that this would be done. The command was given in Susa. The ten sons of Haman were hanged.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
So the king commanded this to be done; a decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
Good News Translation®   
The king ordered this to be done, and the proclamation was issued in Susa. The bodies of Haman's ten sons were publicly displayed.
Wycliffe Bible   
And the king commanded, that it should be done so; and anon the behest of the king hanged in Susa, and the (bodies of the) ten sons of Haman were hanged (up). (And the king commanded, that it be done so; and at once the king’s order was hung up in Susa, and the bodies of Haman’s ten sons were hung up as well.)
Contemporary English Version   
King Xerxes did what Esther had requested, and the bodies of Haman's sons were hung in Susa.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
So the king commanded this to be done; a decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
So the king commanded this to be done; a decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hung.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
So the king commanded this to be done; a decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
Common English Bible © 2011   
The king ordered that this be done, and the law became public in Susa. They impaled the ten sons of Haman just as she said.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
So the king commanded it to be done; the decree was given in Susa, and they hanged [the bodies of] Haman’s ten sons.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
So the king commanded this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
The king then gave an order that this be done, and the decree was published in Susa. So the ten sons of Haman were impaled,
New American Standard Bible   
So the king commanded that it was to be done so; and an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman’s ten sons were hanged.
The Expanded Bible   
So the king ·ordered [decreed] that it be done. A ·law [edict; decree] was given in Susa, and the bodies of the ten sons of Haman were ·hanged [impaled].
Tree of Life Version   
The king commanded that this be done. A decree was issued in Shushan and they hanged Haman’s 10 sons.
Revised Standard Version   
So the king commanded this to be done; a decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
New International Reader's Version   
So the king commanded that it be done. An order was sent out in Susa. And the king’s men did to the bodies of Haman’s sons everything they were told to do.
BRG Bible   
And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
Complete Jewish Bible   
The king ordered these things done — a decree was issued in Shushan, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
So the king commanded this to be done; a decree was issued in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
And HaMelech commanded it so to be done; and the dat (decree) was given at Shushan; and they hanged aseret bnei Haman.
Names of God Bible   
The king commanded this, issuing a decree in Susa. And so they hung Haman’s ten sons on poles.
Modern English Version   
So the king commanded that it be so done, and the decree was given at Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
Easy-to-Read Version   
So the king gave the command that it should be done. So the law was given in Susa, and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
International Children’s Bible   
So the king ordered that it be done. A law was given in Susa, and the bodies of the ten sons of Haman were hanged.
Lexham English Bible   
And the king said to do so. And a decree was issued in Susa and Haman’s ten sons were hanged.
New International Version - UK   
So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they impaled the ten sons of Haman.