New American Standard Bible 1995
Esther 7:1-6
1Now the king and Haman came to drink wine with Esther the queen.
2And the king said to Esther on the second day also 1as they drank their wine at the banquet, “2What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? 3Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.”
3Then Queen Esther replied, “4If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request;
4for 5we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, 6to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the 7trouble would not be commensurate with the 8annoyance to the king.”
5Then King Ahasuerus 9asked Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, 10who would presume to do thus?”
6Esther said, “11A foe and an enemy is this wicked Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.
Notes
- 1. Esther 7:2 Lit at the banquet of wine ↩
- 2. Esther 7:2 Esth 5:6; 9:12 ↩
- 3. Esther 7:2 Esth 5:3 ↩
- 4. Esther 7:3 Esth 5:8; 8:5 ↩
- 5. Esther 7:4 Esth 3:9 ↩
- 6. Esther 7:4 Esth 3:13 ↩
- 7. Esther 7:4 Or enemy could not compensate for the loss ↩
- 8. Esther 7:4 Or damage ↩
- 9. Esther 7:5 Lit said and said to ↩
- 10. Esther 7:5 Lit whose heart has been filled ↩
- 11. Esther 7:6 Esth 3:10 ↩
Commentaries on Esther 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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