Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
So the king and Haman came
to banquet
with Esther the queen .
So the king and Haman went
to dine
with Esther the queen ,
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
.
and as
they
drank
their
wine
on that
second day ,
the king
asked
once
more
, “Queen
Esther,
what is your
petition? It will
be given
to
you.
What is your
request? Even up
to half the kingdom ,
it will
be fulfilled
. ”
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 :
Queen Esther
replied
, “
If I have found favor in your
sight, O king, and if it pleases
the king, grant
me
my life as
my petition, and the
lives
of
my people as
my request .
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,
although
the
adversary
could
not
have compensated
for
the king's
damage
.
For my people and
I
have
been
sold
out
to destruction
, death
, and annihilation
. If we had merely
been sold as
menservants
and maidservants
, I would
have remained
silent,
because
no
such
distress
would
justify
burdening
the king
. ”
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
?
Then King Xerxes
spoke
up
and asked
Queen Esther
, “
Who is this
, and where is the
one
who
would
devise
such
a
scheme
? ”
And
Esther said
, An
adversary and an
enemy ,
even
this wicked Haman .
Then
Haman was
afraid
before the king and the
queen.
Esther replied
, “The
adversary and enemy is
this wicked man—
Haman !”
And
Haman stood
in
terror
before the king and queen.
And
the king arose in
his
wrath
from the
banquet
of
wine `
and went '
into
the palace garden :
and
Haman stood
up
to make
request
for his life to
Esther
the
queen;
for he saw
that there
was
evil
determined
against
him
by
the king.
In
his
fury,
the king arose from drinking
his
wine and went to
the palace garden ,
while
Haman stayed
behind
to beg
Queen
Esther
for his life ,
for he realized
that the king was
planning
a
terrible
fate
for
him
.
Then
the king returned out
of
the palace garden into
the
place
of
the banquet of
wine;
and
Haman was fallen
upon
the couch whereon
Esther was. Then
said
the king, Will
he even
force
the queen before
me
in the house
? As the word
went
out
of
the king's
mouth, they covered Haman's
face.
Just
as
the king returned from
the palace garden to
the banquet hall,
Haman was falling
on
the couch where
Esther was reclining
. The king exclaimed
, “Would
he actually
assault
the queen while
I
am
in the palace
? ”
As soon
as
the words
had
left
the king’s
mouth, they covered Haman’s
face.
Then said
Harbonah, one of the chamberlains
that
were
before
the king, Behold
also,
the
gallows fifty cubits high ,
which
Haman
hath
made
for Mordecai, who spake
good
for
the
king,
standeth
in
the house
of
Haman.
And
the king said,
Hang him thereon
.
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs
attending
the king, said:
“There
is
a
gallows fifty cubits high at
Haman’s
house.
He
had
it
built
for Mordecai, who gave
the report
that
saved
the king .”
“
Hang him on
it!”
declared
the
king
.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that
he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was
the king's
wrath
pacified
.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury
of
the
king
subsided
.
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