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Esther 7:5

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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:

4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.

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?

6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

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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 covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

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  • Genesis 27:33

    And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.

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  • Acts 5:3

    But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

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