And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

And he said to him: As to the money which thou promisest, keep it for thyself: and as to the people, do with them as seemeth good to thee.

And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as seems good to thee.

and the king saith to Haman, 'The silver is given to thee, and the people, to do with it as it is good in thine eyes.'

And the king said to Haman, The money is yours, and the people, to do with them whatever seems right to you.

The silver is given to thee - Some understand this to mean that Xerxes refused the silver which Haman had offered to him; but the passage is better explained as a grant to him of all the property of such Jews as should be executed Esther 3:13.

And the king said unto Haman, the silver is given unto thee,.... The 10,000 talents of silver Haman proposed to pay into the treasury were returned to him, or the king out of his great munificence refused to take them:
the people also, to do with them as seemeth good unto thee; that is, the people of the Jews; he gave him full power to do with them as he thought fit, and who breathing revenge upon them, would not spare them.

Lest it should appear as though the king had been induced by the prospect held out of obtaining a sum of money, he awards this to Haman. "The silver be given to thee, and the people to do to them (let it be done to them) as seemeth good to thee." והעם precedes absolutely: as for the people of the Jews, etc.

The silver - Keep it to thy own use; I accept the offer for the deed.