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Esther 5:8

Haman

6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;

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.

9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.

10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

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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 deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps.

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  • Esther 7:3

    Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour 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:

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  • Esther 8:5

    And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:

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  • Esther 6:1–14

    On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

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