Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
So
the king and Haman went
to dine
with Esther the queen,
And
the king cometh
in,
and Haman ,
to drink
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
. ”
and the
king
saith
to
Esther
also
on the
second day, during
the banquet
of
wine
, `
What `
is '
thy
petition ,
Esther,
O
queen
? and
it is
given to thee;
and
what thy
request? unto
the
half of
the kingdom --
and
it is
done
. '
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 .
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 ;
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
have been sold ,
I
and
my
people,
to cut
off
, to
slay
, and to
destroy;
and
if for
men-servants
and
for
maid-servants
we had been sold I had
kept
silent --
but
the adversity
is
not
equal
to
the
loss
of
the
king. '
Then
King
Xerxes
spoke
up
and asked
Queen
Esther, “
Who is this ,
and where is the
one who
would
devise
such
a
scheme
? ”
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?'
Esther replied
, “
The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—
Haman !”
And Haman stood
in
terror
before
the king and queen.
And
Esther saith
, `
The man
--
adversary and enemy --
`
is '
this wicked Haman ;'
and Haman hath
been
afraid
at
the presence
of
the
king and of
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
.
And
the
king
hath
risen,
in his fury, from the
banquet
of
wine ,
unto
the garden of
the
house
, and
Haman hath
remained
to seek
for his life from
Esther
the
queen
, for he hath
seen
that evil
hath
been
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
.
And
the king hath
turned
back
out
of
the garden of
the house
unto
the
house
of
the
banquet of
wine
, and
Haman is
falling on the couch on
which
Esther `is',
and
the king saith
, `Also
to
subdue
the queen with
me
in the house
? '
the word
hath
gone
out
from
the mouth of
the
king
, and
the
face
of
Haman
they have
covered.
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
.
And
Harbonah, one of the eunuchs ,
saith
before
the king, `Also
lo,
the
tree
that
Haman
made
for Mordecai, who spake
good
for
the king,
is
standing
in
the house
of
Haman,
in
height
fifty
cubits;'
and
the
king saith,
`
Hang him upon
it. '
So
they hanged
Haman on
the gallows
he had prepared for Mordecai .
Then
the fury of the king subsided
.
And
they hang
Haman upon
the tree
that
he had prepared for Mordecai ,
and
the fury of the king hath
lain
down
.
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