Esther 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 Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
KJV
et ait : Si placet regi, et si inveni gratiam in oculis ejus, et deprecatio mea non ei videtur esse contraria, obsecro ut novis epistolis, veteres Aman litteræ, insidiatoris et hostis Judæorum, quibus eos in cunctis regis provinciis perire præceperat, corrigantur.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Ἐσθήρ Εἰ δοκεῖ σοι καὶ εὗρον χάριν, πεμφθήτω ἀποστραφῆναι τὰ γράμματα τὰ ἀπεσταλμένα ὑπὸ Ἁμάν, τὰ γραφέντα ἀπολέσθαι τοὺς Ἰουδαίους οἵ εἰσιν ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ σου.
LXX
And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor 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 Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king’s provinces:
ASV
וַ֠/תֹּאמֶר אִם עַל הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ ט֜וֹב וְ/אִם מָצָ֧אתִי חֵ֣ן לְ/פָנָ֗י/ו וְ/כָשֵׁ֤ר הַ/דָּבָר֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וְ/טוֹבָ֥ה אֲנִ֖י בְּ/עֵינָ֑י/ו יִכָּתֵ֞ב לְ/הָשִׁ֣יב אֶת הַ/סְּפָרִ֗ים מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת הָמָ֤ן בֶּֽן הַמְּדָ֨תָא֙ הָ/אֲגָגִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּתַ֗ב לְ/אַבֵּד֙ אֶת הַ/יְּהוּדִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּ/כָל מְדִינ֥וֹת הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
Hebrew
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In this verse
In the original Hebrew
26 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Esth 1:19 — If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasu
- Esth 3:12 — Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that wer
- 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 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 7:3 — 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:
- Esth 8:8 — Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring: for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may no man rev