Esther 7:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Esther 7:3

Haman Hanged Instead of Mordecai

1 So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther.

2 And on the second day, ^aat the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!”

3 Then Queen Esther answered and said, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

4 For we have been ^asold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as ^bmale and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king’s loss.”

5 So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?”

6 And Esther said, “The adversary and ^aenemy is this wicked Haman!” So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

7 Then the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stood before Queen Esther, pleading for his life, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king.

8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across ^athe couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?” As the word left the king’s mouth, they ^bcovered Haman’s face.

Verse Comparison: Esther 7:3

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American Standard Version
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:

Amplified® Bible
Then Queen Esther said, If I have found favor in your sight, O king and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition and my people at my request.

Contemporary English Version
Esther answered, "Your Majesty, if you really care for me and are willing to help, you can save me and my people. That's what I really want,

Darby English Version
And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace 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;

Good News Bible
Queen Esther answered, "If it please Your Majesty to grant my humble request, my wish is that I may live and that my people may live.

King James Version
Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour 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:

New American Standard Bible
Then Queen Esther replied, "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;

New International Version
Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor with you, O king, and if it pleases your majesty, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request.

New King James Version
Then Queen Esther answered and said, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Queen Esther replied, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let you give me my life me as my petition, and my people as my request;

Revised Standard Version
Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

Young's Literal Translation
And Esther the queen answereth and saith, `If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king `it be' good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;

New English Translation
Queen Esther replied, “If I have met with your approval,¹ O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition.

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