Esther 7:1
So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 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? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
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:
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,
- KJV
- So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
- WEB
- So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
- ASV
- So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
- DARBY
- And the king and Haman came to drink with Esther the queen.
- BLB
- And the king came in, and Haman, to drink with Esther the queen.
- ÅB
- Så kom da kongen og Haman til gjestebudet hos dronning Ester.
- OTB
- Kongen og Haman gikk for å drikke vin med dronning Ester.
- B1930
- Så kom da kongen og Haman til gjestebudet hos dronning Ester.
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Original text and word study
Cross references
Esther 5:8
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.
Read in contextEsther 3:15
The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed.
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