Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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World English Bible
So the king and Haman went
to dine
with Esther the queen ,
So the king and Haman came
to banquet
with Esther the queen .
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
. ”
The
king
said
again
to
Esther
on the
second day at
the banquet
of
wine
, What is your petition ,
queen
Esther
? and
it shall
be granted
you :
and
what is your request? even to the
half of
the kingdom it shall
be performed
.
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 .
Then
Esther the
queen
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 :
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
. ”
for we
are
sold,
I
and
my people ,
to be
destroyed
, to
be
slain
, and to
perish
. But
if we had been sold for
bondservants
and bondmaids
, I had
held
my
peace
, although
the adversary
could
not
have
compensated
for
the
king's
damage
.
Then King
Xerxes
spoke up
and asked
Queen
Esther, “
Who is this
, and where is the
one
who
would
devise
such
a
scheme
? ”
Then spoke the
king
Ahasuerus
and said
to
Esther the
queen
, Who is he
, and where is he,
that
dared
presume
in
his
heart
to
do
so
?
Esther replied
, “The
adversary and enemy is
this wicked man—
Haman !”
And
Haman stood
in
terror
before the king and queen.
Esther said
, An
adversary and an
enemy ,
even
this wicked Haman .
Then
Haman was
afraid
before the king and the
queen.
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.
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
.
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
the king returned out
of
the palace garden into
the place
of
the
banquet of
wine;
and
Haman was fallen
on 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.
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.
Then said
Harbonah, one of the chamberlains
who
were
before
the king, Behold
also,
the
gallows fifty cubits high ,
which
Haman
has
made
for Mordecai, who spoke
good
for
the king ,
stands
in
the
house
of
Haman
. The king said,
Hang
him
thereon
.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the
fury
of
the king
subsided
.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that
he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was
the king's
wrath
pacified
.
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