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World English Bible

Esther 7 (WEBP)

[1] So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
[2] The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”
[3] Then Esther the queen answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases 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 male and female slaves, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”
[5] Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”
[6] Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
[7] The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. 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.
[8] Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
[9] Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king, said, “Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman’s house.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
[10] So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.

Esther 7:9 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 7 (KJVS)

[1] So the king and Haman came () to banquet () with Esther the queen .
[2] And the king said () again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine , What [is] thy petition , queen Esther ? and it shall be granted () thee: and what [is] thy request ? and it shall be performed (), [even] to the half of the kingdom .
[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 .
[5] 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 .
[8] Then the king returned () out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine ; and Haman was fallen () upon the bed whereon Esther [was]. Then said () the king , Will he force () the queen also before me in the house ? As the word went out () of the king’s mouth , they covered () Haman’s face .
[9] And Harbonah , one of the chamberlains , said () before the king , Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high , which Haman had made () for Mordecai , who had spoken () good for the king , standeth () in the house of Haman . Then the king said (), Hang () him thereon.
[10] So they hanged () Haman on the gallows that he had prepared () for Mordecai . Then was the king’s wrath pacified ().

Young’s Literal Translation

Esther 7 (YLT)

[1] And the king cometh in, and Haman, to drink with Esther the queen,
[2] and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, ‘What is thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom-and it is done.’
[3] And Esther the queen answereth and saith, ‘If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king it be good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;
[4] for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent-but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.’
[5] And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, ‘Who is he-this one? and where is this one?-he whose heart hath filled him to do so?’
[6] And Esther saith, ‘The man-adversary and enemy-is this wicked Haman;’ and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.
[7] And the king hath risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, unto the garden of the house, and Haman hath remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he hath seen that evil hath been determined against him by the king.
[8] And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther is, and the king saith, ‘Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?’ the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.
[9] And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, saith before the king, ‘Also lo, the tree that Haman made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, is standing in the house of Haman, in height fifty cubits;’ and the king saith, ‘Hang him upon it.’
[10] And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.