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Esther 7:5

AhasuerusEsther

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.

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.”

Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

6 Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

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.

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BSB
Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
KJV
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
WEB
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”
ASV
Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
DARBY
And king Ahasuerus spoke and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he that has filled his heart to do so?
BLB
And King Ahasuerus spoke and he said to Esther the queen, “Who [is] he, this one? And where [is] this one—he who has filled his heart to do thus?”
ÅB
Da sa kong Ahasverus til dronning Ester: Hvem er han, og hvor er han som har dristet seg til å gjøre så?
OTB
Kong Ahasverus spurte dronning Ester, “Hvem er han, og hvor er han, som har våget å gjøre en slik ting?”
B1930
Da sa kong Ahasverus til dronning Ester: Hvem er han, og hvor er han som har dristet sig til å gjøre så?

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Cross references

  • Job 9:24

    The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

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  • Genesis 27:33

    Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”

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  • Acts 5:3

    Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

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