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Esther 7:3-6
Christian Standard Bible
Esther 7:3-6
Christian Standard Bible
3 Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if the king is pleased,(A) spare my life; this is my request. And spare my people; this is my desire.(B) 4 For my people and I have been sold(C) to destruction, death, and annihilation.(D) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves,(E) I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”
5 King Ahasuerus spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?” [a](F)
6 Esther answered, “The adversary and enemy(G) is this evil Haman.”
Haman stood terrified(H) before the king and queen.
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- 7:5 Lit who would fill his heart to do this
Esther 7:3-6
New International Version
Esther 7:3-6
New International Version
3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor(A) with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request. 4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(B) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]”
5 King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who has dared to do such a thing?”
6 Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”
Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
Footnotes
- Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
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