Esther 7:1-6
Legacy Standard Bible
Esther’s Petition to the King
7 Then the king and Haman came to drink wine with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said to Esther on the second day also [a]as they drank their wine at the feast, “(A)What is [b]your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be given you. And what is [c]your request? (B)Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.” 3 Then Queen Esther answered and said, “(C)If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it seems good to the king, let my life be given to me as [d]my petition, and my people as [e]my request; 4 for (D)we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, (E)to be killed, and to be caused to perish. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the [f]adversity would not be worth the [g]annoyance to the king.” 5 Then King Ahasuerus said—he said to Esther the Queen, “Who is this one, and where is this one, who fills his heart to do thus?” 6 So Esther said, “(F)An adversary and an enemy is this evil Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.
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- Esther 7:2 Lit at the banquet of wine
- Esther 7:2 Or that which you ask for
- Esther 7:2 Or that which you seek, cf. Esth 7:7
- Esther 7:3 Or that which I ask for
- Esther 7:3 Or that which I seek, cf. Esth 7:7
- Esther 7:4 Or enemy could not compensate for the loss
- Esther 7:4 Or damage
Esther 7:1-6
American Standard Version
7 So the king and Haman came [a]to banquet with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: 4 for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, [b]although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s damage. 5 Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? 6 And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
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- Esther 7:1 Hebrew to drink.
- Esther 7:4 Or, for our affliction is not to be compared with the king’s damage
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