Ester 8:3-5

Nueva Biblia de las Américas

³Ester habló de nuevo delante del rey, cayó a sus pies, y llorando, le imploró que impidiera los propósitos perversos de Amán el agagueo y el plan que había tramado contra los judíos. ⁴El rey extendió hacia Ester el cetro de oro^(A), y Ester se levantó y se puso delante del rey, ⁵y dijo: «Si le place al rey, y si he hallado gracia delante de él^(B), si el asunto le parece bien al rey y yo soy grata ante sus ojos, que se escriba para revocar las cartas concebidas por Amán, hijo de Hamedata, el agagueo, las cuales escribió para destruir a los judíos que están en todas las provincias del rey^(C).

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Esther 8:3-5

King James Version

³And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

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:

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Esther 8:3-5

New King James Version

³Now Esther spoke again to the king, fell down at his feet, and implored him with tears to counteract the evil of Haman the Agagite, and the scheme which he had devised against the Jews. ⁴And ^(A)the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king, ⁵and said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight and the thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the ^(B)letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to annihilate the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

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Esther 8:3-5

New International Version

³Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite,^(A) which he had devised against the Jews. ⁴Then the king extended the gold scepter^(B) to Esther and she arose and stood before him.

⁵“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor^(C) and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

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