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Esther 7:3

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:

KJV

Ad quem illa respondit : Si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis o rex, et si tibi placet, dona mihi animam meam pro qua rogo, et populum meum pro quo obsecro.

Vulgate

καὶ ἀποκριθεῖσα εἶπεν Εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐνώπιον τοῦ βασιλέως, δοθήτω ἡ ψυχὴ τῷ αἰτήματί μου, καὶ ὁ λόγος μου τῷ ἀξιώματί μου.

LXX

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor 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:

ASV

וַ/תַּ֨עַן אֶסְתֵּ֤ר הַ/מַּלְכָּה֙ וַ/תֹּאמַ֔ר אִם מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּ/עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ֙ הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וְ/אִם עַל הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ ט֑וֹב תִּנָּֽתֶן לִ֤/י נַפְשִׁ/י֙ בִּ/שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔/י וְ/עַמִּ֖/י בְּ/בַקָּשָׁתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Esther

In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֶסְתֵּ֣ר
'str
proper_noun · 55×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
חֵ֖ן
chn
noun · 69×
ט֔וֹב
tvb
verb · 24×
י
y
noun · 752×
י
y
noun · 1849×
י
y
noun · 14×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךְ
k
pronoun · 8×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מַֽלְכַּת
mlkt
noun · 35×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Typology

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Esth 5:8 — 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, an
  • Esth 7:7 — 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 a
  • Esth 8:5 — And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by H
  • Jer 38:26 — Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.
  • Job 2:4 — And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
  • Job 2:4 — And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.
  • Prov 31:26 — She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
  • Ps 122:6 — Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.