Esther 5:7

7 Esther replied, “My petition and my request is this:

Esther 5:7 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
English Standard Version (ESV)
7 Then Esther answered, "My wish and my request is:
New Living Translation (NLT)
7 Esther replied, “This is my request and deepest wish.
The Message Bible (MSG)
7 Esther answered, "Here's what I want.
American Standard Version (ASV)
7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is:
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
7 Esther answered, "My request? What would I like?
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
7 Esther answered, "[This is] my petition and my request:
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
7 Esther replied, "Here is what I want. Here is my appeal to you.

Esther 5:7 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:7

Then answered Esther and said, my petition and my request is.
] What she should for the present make; the principal one she had to ask, for wise reasons, she still deferred.

Esther 5:7 In-Context

5 “Bring Haman at once,” the king said, “so that we may do what Esther asks.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet Esther had prepared.
6 As they were drinking wine, the king again asked Esther, “Now what is your petition? It will be given you. And what is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be granted.”
7 Esther replied, “My petition and my request is this:
8 If the king regards me with favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
9 Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the king’s gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, he was filled with rage against Mordecai.
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