# Esther 3

## Verse Summary

NIV2011 verse same as 1984 | 10 | 66.67%
NIV2011 verse same as tNIV | 5 | 33.33%
NIV2011 rejected tNIV, reverted to NIV1984 |  | %
NIV2011 verse verse is new | 0 | %

## Word Summary

NIV2011 words same as 1984 | 239 | 91.92%
NIV2011 changed words | 21 | 8.08%
NIV2011 removed words | 22 |
NIV2011 added words | 20 |

## Changes

| Result | NIV1984 | tNIV(2005) | NIV2011
3:7 | tNIV | In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, they cast the pur (that is, the lot) in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar. | In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, they cast the pur (that is, the lot) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar. | In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, they cast the pur (that is, the lot) was cast in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
3:8 | tNIV | Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed and scattered among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom whose customs are different from those of all other people and who do not obey the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them. | Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed and scattered among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom whose who keep themselves separate. Their customs are different from those of all other people, and who they do not obey the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them. | Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed and scattered among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom whose who keep themselves separate. Their customs are different from those of all other people, and who they do not obey the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
3:9 | tNIV | If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will put ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury for the men who carry out this business.” | If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will put give ten thousand talents of silver into to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury for the men who carry out this business.” | If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will put give ten thousand talents of silver into to the king’s administrators for the royal treasury for the men who carry out this business.”
3:13 | tNIV | Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and little children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. | Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and little children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods. | Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and little children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.
3:15 | tNIV | Spurred on by the king’s command, the couriers went out, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was bewildered. | Spurred The couriers went out, spurred on by the king’s command, the couriers went out, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was bewildered. | Spurred The couriers went out, spurred on by the king’s command, the couriers went out, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was bewildered.