Esther 7:3-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
3 Then Queen Esther replied, “(A)If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request; 4 for (B)we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, (C)to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the [a]trouble would not be commensurate with the [b]annoyance to the king.” 5 Then King Ahasuerus [c]asked Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, [d]who would presume to do thus?” 6 Esther said, “(D)A foe and an enemy is this wicked Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.
Haman Is Hanged
7 The king arose (E)in his anger from [e]drinking wine and went into (F)the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm had been determined against him by the king.
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- Esther 7:4 Or enemy could not compensate for the loss
- Esther 7:4 Or damage
- Esther 7:5 Lit said and said to
- Esther 7:5 Lit whose heart has been filled
- Esther 7:7 Lit the banquet of wine
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