Esther 7:3
1 So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,
2 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.”
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.
4 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.”
5 Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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:
- WEB
- Then Esther the queen answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.
- ASV
- Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor 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:
- DARBY
- And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace 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;
- BLB
- And Esther the queen answered and said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if upon the king [it is] good, let my soul be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;
- ÅB
- Da svarte dronning Ester: Har jeg funnet nåde for dine øyne, konge, og tykkes det kongen godt, så la mitt liv bli meg gitt på min bønn, og mitt folks liv etter mitt ønske!
- OTB
- Dronning Ester svarte, “Hvis jeg har funnet nåde i dine øyne, konge, og hvis det behager deg, gi meg mitt liv—dette er min bønn. Og spar mitt folk—dette er min anmodning.
- B1930
- Da svarte dronning Ester: Har jeg funnet nåde for dine øine, konge, og tykkes det kongen godt, så la mitt liv bli mig gitt på min bønn, og mitt folks liv efter mitt ønske!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 38:26
then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”
Read in contextJob 2:4
“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.
Read in contextEsther 7:7
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.
Read in contextPsalms 122:6–9
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.
Read in context2 Kings 1:13
So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. And the third captain went up, fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, “Man of God, may my life and the lives of these fifty servants please be precious in your sight.
Read in context1 Kings 20:31
Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”
Read in contextEsther 4:8
Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
Read in contextEsther 5:8
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.”
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