Esther 5:6-8
New American Standard Bible
6 [a]As they drank their wine at the banquet, (A)the king said to Esther, “(B)What is your request, for it shall be granted to you. And what is your wish? Up to half of the kingdom it shall be done.” 7 So Esther replied, “My request and my wish is: 8 (C)if I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request and do [b]what I wish, may the king and Haman come to (D)the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do [c]as the king says.”
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- Esther 5:6 Lit At the banquet of wine
- Esther 5:8 Lit my wish
- Esther 5:8 Lit according to the word of the king
Esther 5:6-8
New International Version
6 As they were drinking wine,(A) the king again asked Esther, “Now what is your petition? It will be given you. And what is your request? Even up to half the kingdom,(B) it will be granted.”(C)
7 Esther replied, “My petition and my request is this: 8 If the king regards me with favor(D) and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet(E) I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
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