Esther 7:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Esther 7:5

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.

9 Now ^aHarbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, “Look! ^bThe gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke ^cgood on the king’s behalf, is standing at the house of Haman.” Then the king said, “Hang him on it!”

10 So ^athey ^bhanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.

Verse Comparison: Esther 7:5

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American Standard Version
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?

Amplified® Bible
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, Who is he, and where is he who dares presume in his heart to do that?

Contemporary English Version
"Who would dare to do such a thing?" the king asked.

Darby English Version
And king Ahasuerus spoke and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he that has filled his heart to do so?

Good News Bible
Then King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, "Who dares to do such a thing? Where is this man?"

King James Version
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

New American Standard Bible
Then King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, who would presume to do thus?"

New International Version
King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, "Who is he? Where is the man who has dared to do such a thing?"

New King James Version
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?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther, "Who do you mean, and where do we find him, who would presume to do thus?"

Revised Standard Version
Then King Ahasu-e'rus said to Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, that would presume to do this?"

Young's Literal Translation
And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, `Who `is' he -- this one? and where `is' this one? -- he whose heart hath filled him to do so?'

New English Translation
Then King Ahasuerus responded¹ to Queen Esther, “Who is this individual? Where is this person to be found who is presumptuous enough² to act in this way?”

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