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World English Bible

Esther 5 (WEBP)

[1] Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.
[2] When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near and touched the top of the scepter.
[3] Then the king asked her, “What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.”
[4] Esther said, “If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”
[5] Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said.” So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
[6] The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”
[7] Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and my request is this.
[8] If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.”
[9] Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
[10] Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
[11] Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
[12] Haman also said, “Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king.
[13] Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
[14] Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

Esther 5:14 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Esther 5 (KJVS)

[1] Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
[2] And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
[3] Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
[4] And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
[5] Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
[6] And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
[7] Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
[8] if I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
[9] Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
[10] Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
[11] And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
[12] Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
[13] Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.
[14] Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

Esther 5:8 Heb. to do
Esther 5:10 Heb. caused to come
Esther 5:14 Heb. tree

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Esther 5 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () τρίτῃ, () ὡς () ἐπαύσατο () προσευχομένη, () ἐξεδύσατο () τὰ () ἱμάτια () τῆς () θεραπείας () καὶ () περιεβάλετο () τὴν () δόξαν () αὐτῆς () καὶ () γενηθεῖσα () ἐπιφανὴς () ἐπικαλεσαμένη () τὸν () πάντων () ἐπόπτην () θεὸν () καὶ () σωτῆρα () παρέλαβεν () τὰς () δύο () ἅβρας καὶ () τῇ () μὲν () μιᾷ () ἐπηρείδετο ὡς () τρυφερευομένη, ἡ () δὲ () ἑτέρα () ἐπηκολούθει () κουφίζουσα () τὴν () ἔνδυσιν () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () αὐτὴ () ἐρυθριῶσα ἀκμῇ () κάλλους αὐτῆς, () καὶ () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτῆς () ἱλαρὸν () ὡς () προσφιλές, () ἡ () δὲ () καρδία () αὐτῆς () ἀπεστενωμένη ἀπὸ () τοῦ () φόβου. () καὶ () εἰσελθοῦσα () πάσας () τὰς () θύρας () κατέστη () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () βασιλέως, () καὶ () αὐτὸς () ἐκάθητο () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () θρόνου () τῆς () βασιλείας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πᾶσαν () στολὴν () τῆς () ἐπιφανείας () αὐτοῦ () ἐνεδεδύκει, () ὅλος () διὰ () χρυσοῦ () καὶ () λίθων () πολυτελῶν, () καὶ () ἦν () φοβερὸς () σφόδρα. () καὶ () ἄρας () τὸ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () πεπυρωμένον () δόξῃ () ἐν () ἀκμῇ () θυμοῦ () ἔβλεψεν, () καὶ () ἔπεσεν () ἡ () βασίλισσα () καὶ () μετέβαλεν () τὸ () χρῶμα αὐτῆς () ἐν () ἐκλύσει καὶ () κατεπέκυψεν ἐπὶ () τὴν () κεφαλὴν () τῆς () ἅβρας τῆς () προπορευομένης. () καὶ () μετέβαλεν () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸ () πνεῦμα () τοῦ () βασιλέως () εἰς () πραύτητα, καὶ () ἀγωνιάσας ἀνεπήδησεν ἀπὸ () τοῦ () θρόνου () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἀνέλαβεν () αὐτὴν () ἐπὶ () τὰς () ἀγκάλας () αὐτοῦ, () μέχρις () οὗ () κατέστη, () καὶ () παρεκάλει () αὐτὴν () λόγοις () εἰρηνικοῖς () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῇ () Τί () ἐστιν, () Εσθηρ; Ἐγὼ () ὁ () ἀδελφός () σου, () θάρσει, () οὐ () μὴ () ἀποθάνῃς, () ὅτι () κοινὸν () τὸ () πρόσταγμα ἡμῶν () ἐστιν· () πρόσελθε. ()
[2] Καὶ () ἄρας () τὴν () χρυσῆν () ῥάβδον () ἐπέθηκεν () ἐπὶ () τὸν () τράχηλον () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἠσπάσατο () αὐτὴν () καὶ () εἶπεν () Λάλησόν () μοι. () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Εἶδόν () σε, () κύριε, () ὡς () ἄγγελον () θεοῦ, () καὶ () ἐταράχθη () ἡ () καρδία () μου () ἀπὸ () φόβου () τῆς () δόξης () σου· () ὅτι () θαυμαστὸς () εἶ, () κύριε, () καὶ () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου () χαρίτων () μεστόν. () ἐν () δὲ () τῷ () διαλέγεσθαι () αὐτὴν () ἔπεσεν () ἀπὸ () ἐκλύσεως αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () ἐταράσσετο, () καὶ () πᾶσα () ἡ () θεραπεία () αὐτοῦ () παρεκάλει () αὐτήν. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Τί () θέλεις, () Εσθηρ, καὶ () τί () σού () ἐστιν () τὸ () ἀξίωμα; Ἕως () τοῦ () ἡμίσους () τῆς () βασιλείας () μου () καὶ () ἔσται () σοι. ()
[4] Εἶπεν () δὲ () Εσθηρ Ἡμέρα () μου () ἐπίσημος () σήμερόν () ἐστιν· () εἰ () οὖν () δοκεῖ () τῷ () βασιλεῖ, () ἐλθάτω () καὶ () αὐτὸς () καὶ () Αμαν εἰς () τὴν () δοχήν, () ἣν () ποιήσω () σήμερον. ()
[5] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεύς () Κατασπεύσατε Αμαν, ὅπως () ποιήσωμεν () τὸν () λόγον () Εσθηρ· καὶ () παραγίνονται () ἀμφότεροι () εἰς () τὴν () δοχήν, () ἣν () εἶπεν () Εσθηρ.
[6] Ἐν () δὲ () τῷ () πότῳ () εἶπεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () πρὸς () Εσθηρ Τί () ἐστιν, () βασίλισσα () Εσθηρ; Καὶ () ἔσται () σοι () ὅσα () ἀξιοῖς. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Τὸ () αἴτημά () μου () καὶ () τὸ () ἀξίωμά μου· ()
[8] εἰ () εὗρον () χάριν () ἐνώπιον () τοῦ () βασιλέως, () ἐλθάτω () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () Αμαν ἐπὶ () τὴν () αὔριον () εἰς () τὴν () δοχήν, () ἣν () ποιήσω () αὐτοῖς, () καὶ () αὔριον () ποιήσω () τὰ () αὐτά. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () ὁ () Αμαν ἀπὸ () τοῦ () βασιλέως () ὑπερχαρὴς εὐφραινόμενος· () ἐν () δὲ () τῷ () ἰδεῖν () Αμαν Μαρδοχαῖον τὸν () Ιουδαῖον () ἐν () τῇ () αὐλῇ () ἐθυμώθη () σφόδρα. ()
[10] Καὶ () εἰσελθὼν () εἰς () τὰ () ἴδια () ἐκάλεσεν () τοὺς () φίλους () καὶ () Ζωσαραν τὴν () γυναῖκα () αὐτοῦ ()
[11] καὶ () ὑπέδειξεν () αὐτοῖς () τὸν () πλοῦτον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὴν () δόξαν, () ἣν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () αὐτῷ () περιέθηκεν, () καὶ () ὡς () ἐποίησεν () αὐτὸν () πρωτεύειν () καὶ () ἡγεῖσθαι () τῆς () βασιλείας. ()
[12] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Αμαν Οὐ () κέκληκεν () ἡ () βασίλισσα () μετὰ () τοῦ () βασιλέως () οὐδένα () εἰς () τὴν () δοχὴν () ἀλλ’ () ἢ () ἐμέ, () καὶ () εἰς () τὴν () αὔριον () κέκλημαι· ()
[13] καὶ () ταῦτά () μοι () οὐκ () ἀρέσκει, () ὅταν () ἴδω () Μαρδοχαῖον τὸν () Ιουδαῖον () ἐν () τῇ () αὐλῇ. ()
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν () πρὸς () αὐτὸν () Ζωσαρα ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () οἱ () φίλοι () Κοπήτω () σοι () ξύλον () πηχῶν () πεντήκοντα, () ὄρθρου () δὲ () εἰπὸν () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () καὶ () κρεμασθήτω () Μαρδοχαῖος ἐπὶ () τοῦ () ξύλου· () σὺ () δὲ () εἴσελθε () εἰς () τὴν () δοχὴν () σὺν () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () καὶ () εὐφραίνου. () Καὶ () ἤρεσεν () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τῷ () Αμαν, καὶ () ἡτοιμάσθη () τὸ () ξύλον. ()

Esther 5:1a This chapter was originally Ἐσθήρ 5.
Esther 5:1b Originally Ἐσθήρ 5:1 and 5:1a–f.
Esther 5:2 Originally Ἐσθήρ 5:2 and 5:2a–b.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.