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Esther 5:8

Haman

6 And as they drank their wine, the king said to 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.”

7 Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”

9 That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.

10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

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BSB
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
KJV
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
WEB
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.”
ASV
if I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.
DARBY
If I have found grace in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow according to the king's word.
BLB
If I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if upon the king [it is] good to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king come, and Haman, to the feast that I will make for them, and tomorrow I will do according to the word of the king.”
ÅB
Har jeg funnet nåde for kongens øyne, og tykkes det kongen godt å tilstå meg min bønn og å oppfylle mitt ønske, så må kongen og Haman komme til det gjestebud jeg vil stelle til for dem! Imorgen vil jeg da gjøre som kongen sier.
OTB
Hvis jeg har funnet nåde for kongens øyne, og hvis det behager kongen å gi min bønn og oppfylle min forespørsel, la kongen og Haman komme i morgen til banketten jeg vil forberede for dem. Da vil jeg svare på kongens spørsmål.”
B1930
Har jeg funnet nåde for kongens øine, og tykkes det kongen godt å tilstå mig min bønn og å opfylle mitt ønske, så må kongen og Haman komme til det gjestebud jeg vil stelle til for dem! Imorgen vil jeg da gjøre som kongen sier.

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  • Proverbs 16:9

    A man’s heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

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  • Esther 7:3

    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.

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  • Esther 8:5

    “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

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  • Esther 6:1–14

    That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

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