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Esther 7:3 Queen Esther replied, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
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And spare my people—this is my request.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/esther/7.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request, I ask that my life and the lives of my people will be spared.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/esther/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/esther/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/esther/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/esther/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Queen Esther answered and said, “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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/esther/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me as my request, and my people as my wish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/esther/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/esther/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Queen Esther answered and said, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/esther/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Queen Esther answered and said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it <i>seems</i> good to the king, let my life be given to me as my petition, and my people as my request;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/esther/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be spared as my petition, and my people [be spared] as my request;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/esther/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if the king is pleased, spare my life; this is my request. And spare my people; this is my desire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/esther/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Queen Esther answered, “If I have obtained your approval, my king, and if the king is pleased, spare my life—this is my request; and spare my people—this is my desire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/esther/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/esther/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Esther answered, "Your Majesty, if you really care for me and are willing to help, you can save me and my people. That's what I really want, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/esther/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/esther/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, Your Majesty, spare my life. That is my request. And spare the life of my people. That is what I ask for.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/esther/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Queen Esther answered, "If it please Your Majesty to grant my humble request, my wish is that I may live and that my people may live. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/esther/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Queen Esther answered: "If I've found favor with you, your majesty, and if it seems good to the king, let my life be given to me as my petition and my people as my request. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/esther/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Queen Esther replied, ?If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/esther/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Queen Esther replied, "If I have met with your approval, O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/esther/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then Esther the queen answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/esther/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it shall please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/esther/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/esther/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Esther the queen answers and says, “If I have found grace in your 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/esther/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/esther/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Esther the queen will answer and say, If I found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if good to the king, my soul shall be given to me in my asking, and my people in my seeking.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/esther/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then she answered: If I have found Favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for which I request. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/esther/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 11:3>She answered him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it pleases you, spare my soul, I ask you, and spare my people, I beg you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/esther/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Queen Esther replied: “If I have found favor with you, O king, and if it pleases your majesty, I ask that my life be spared, and I beg that you spare the lives of my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/esther/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have won your favor, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me—that is my petition—and the lives of my people—that is my request.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/esther/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/esther/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Esthir answered and she said: “If I have found mercy in your eyes, oh King, and if it is good unto the King, let my life be given at my request, and my people at my request!<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/esther/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/esther/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And she answered and said, If I have found favour in the sight of the king, let <i>my</i> life be granted to my petition, and my people to my request.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/esther/7-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TRosJDhNG-8?start=1352" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/esther/7.htm">Esther Pleads for Her People</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.” <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4436.htm" title="4436: ham·mal·kāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Queen. Feminine of melek; a queen.">Queen</a> <a href="/hebrew/635.htm" title="635: ’es·têr (N-proper-fs) -- Star, Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Isr. Of Persian derivation; Ester, the Jewish heroine.">Esther</a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: wat·ta·‘an (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To answer, respond.">replied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">“If</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: mā·ṣā·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To attain to, find. ">I have found</a> <a href="/hebrew/2580.htm" title="2580: ḥên (N-ms) -- Favor, grace. From chanan; graciousness, i.e. Subjective or objective.">favor</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-cdc:: 2ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in your sight,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">O king,</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">and if</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: ṭō·wḇ (Adj-ms) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">it pleases</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: ham·me·leḵ (Art:: N-ms) -- King. From malak; a king.">the king,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: tin·nā·ṯen- (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">grant</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">my life</a> <a href="/hebrew/7596.htm" title="7596: biš·’ê·lā·ṯî (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Request, thing asked for. Or shelah; from sha'al; a petition; by implication, a loan.">as my petition,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: wə·‘am·mî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">and the lives of my people</a> <a href="/hebrew/1246.htm" title="1246: bə·ḇaq·qā·šā·ṯî (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Request, entreaty. From baqash; a petition.">as my request.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Esther 4:16</a></span><br />“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Esther 5:8</a></span><br />If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/8-3.htm">Esther 8:3</a></span><br />And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/9-25.htm">Esther 9:25</a></span><br />But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/2-3.htm">Nehemiah 2:3-5</a></span><br />and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?” / “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven / and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/44-33.htm">Genesis 44:33-34</a></span><br />Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers. / For how can I go back to my father without the boy? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/25-24.htm">1 Samuel 25:24-31</a></span><br />She fell at his feet and said, “My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant. / My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent. / Now, my lord, as surely as the LORD lives and you yourself live, since the LORD has held you back from bloodshed and from avenging yourself with your own hand, may your enemies and those who seek harm for my lord be like Nabal. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/14-4.htm">2 Samuel 14:4-11</a></span><br />When the woman from Tekoa went to the king, she fell facedown in homage and said, “Help me, O king!” / “What troubles you?” the king asked her. “Indeed,” she said, “I am a widow, for my husband is dead. / And your maidservant had two sons who were fighting in the field with no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/4-13.htm">2 Kings 4:13</a></span><br />and Elisha said to Gehazi, “Now tell her, ‘Look, you have gone to all this trouble for us. What can we do for you? Can we speak on your behalf to the king or the commander of the army?’” “I have a home among my own people,” she replied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/7-6.htm">Ezra 7:6</a></span><br />this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/21-1.htm">Proverbs 21:1</a></span><br />The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-1.htm">Isaiah 62:1</a></span><br />For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-8.htm">Jeremiah 31:8-9</a></span><br />Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly! / They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My firstborn.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/6-16.htm">Daniel 6:16-22</a></span><br />So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!” / A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed. / Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-8</a></span><br />Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:</p><p class="hdg">let my life.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/7-7.htm">Esther 7:7</a></b></br> And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath <i>went</i> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/20-31.htm">1 Kings 20:31</a></b></br> And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel <i>are</i> merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/1-13.htm">2 Kings 1:13</a></b></br> And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.</p><p class="hdg">my people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/4-8.htm">Esther 4:8</a></b></br> Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew <i>it</i> unto Esther, and to declare <i>it</i> unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/122-6.htm">Psalm 122:6-9</a></b></br> Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Approval</a> <a href="/esther/7-2.htm">Esther</a> <a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Favor</a> <a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Favour</a> <a href="/esther/6-2.htm">Found</a> <a href="/esther/5-13.htm">Good</a> <a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Grant</a> <a href="/esther/6-14.htm">King's</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-6.htm">Life</a> <a href="/esther/1-4.htm">Majesty</a> <a href="/esther/7-2.htm">Petition</a> <a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Please</a> <a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Pleases</a> <a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/esther/7-2.htm">Queen</a> <a href="/esther/7-2.htm">Request</a> <a href="/esther/5-8.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-22.htm">Spare</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/9-4.htm">Approval</a> <a href="/esther/7-5.htm">Esther</a> <a href="/esther/8-5.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/esther/8-5.htm">Favor</a> <a href="/esther/8-5.htm">Favour</a> <a href="/esther/8-5.htm">Found</a> <a href="/esther/7-9.htm">Good</a> <a href="/job/9-15.htm">Grace</a> <a href="/job/6-8.htm">Grant</a> <a href="/esther/7-4.htm">King's</a> <a href="/esther/7-7.htm">Life</a> <a href="/job/13-11.htm">Majesty</a> <a href="/esther/9-12.htm">Petition</a> <a href="/esther/8-5.htm">Please</a> <a href="/esther/8-5.htm">Pleases</a> <a href="/esther/9-5.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/esther/7-5.htm">Queen</a> <a href="/esther/7-7.htm">Request</a> <a href="/esther/8-5.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/job/2-6.htm">Spare</a><div class="vheading2">Esther 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/7-1.htm">Esther, entertaining the king and Haman, pleads for her own life, and her people's.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/7-5.htm">She accuses Haman.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/7-7.htm">The king in his anger, understanding of the gallows Haman had made for Mordecai, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/esther/7-10.htm">causes Haman to be hanged thereon.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/esther/7.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/esther/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/esther/7.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Queen Esther replied</b><br>Esther, a Jewish woman who became queen of Persia, is speaking to King Xerxes. Her position as queen is significant, as it places her in a unique position to influence the king. Esther's role is reminiscent of Joseph and Daniel, who also rose to prominence in foreign courts. Her courage and wisdom are central themes in the narrative.<p><b>If I have found favor in your sight, O king</b><br>Esther approaches the king with humility and respect, a common practice in ancient Near Eastern courts. Finding favor is a recurring biblical theme, seen in figures like Noah and Mary, who found favor with God. Esther's approach reflects the cultural norms of the time, where subjects would seek the king's favor before making requests.<p><b>and if it pleases the king</b><br>This phrase underscores the importance of the king's pleasure in decision-making. In Persian culture, the king's will was paramount, and Esther's deference highlights her understanding of court protocol. It also reflects the biblical principle of submission to authority, as seen in <a href="/romans/13.htm">Romans 13:1</a>.<p><b>grant me my life as my petition</b><br>Esther's request is personal and urgent. By asking for her life, she reveals the gravity of the situation. This plea echoes the intercessory role seen in biblical figures like Moses, who pleaded for the lives of the Israelites. Esther's bravery in risking her life for her people is a type of Christ, who sacrificed Himself for humanity.<p><b>and the lives of my people as my request</b><br>Esther identifies with her people, the Jews, who are under threat due to Haman's plot. Her solidarity with them is a powerful testament to her faith and identity. This mirrors the biblical theme of God's covenant with Israel and foreshadows the unity of believers in Christ. Esther's advocacy for her people is a precursor to Christ's intercession for believers.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/esther.htm">Esther</a></b><br>The Jewish queen of Persia, who bravely approaches King Xerxes to plead for the lives of her people. Her courage and wisdom are central to the account.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_xerxes.htm">King Xerxes (Ahasuerus)</a></b><br>The Persian king who is unaware of Haman's plot against the Jews and is moved by Esther's plea.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/haman.htm">Haman</a></b><br>The antagonist who plots to destroy the Jews, not knowing that Queen Esther herself is Jewish.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_banquet.htm">The Banquet</a></b><br>A private banquet hosted by Esther for King Xerxes and Haman, where she reveals her Jewish identity and Haman's plot.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_jewish_people.htm">The Jewish People</a></b><br>The community under threat due to Haman's decree, whose fate hangs in the balance as Esther makes her plea.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_in_the_face_of_danger.htm">Courage in the Face of Danger</a></b><br>Esther's willingness to risk her life for her people is a powerful example of courage and faith. Believers are encouraged to stand firm in their convictions, even when it is risky.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_providence.htm">Divine Providence</a></b><br>The account of Esther highlights God's unseen hand in orchestrating events for the good of His people. Trust in God's providence is essential, even when His presence is not immediately apparent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_intercession.htm">The Power of Intercession</a></b><br>Esther's intercession for her people is a model for believers to intercede for others in prayer, trusting that God hears and responds to our pleas.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_and_purpose.htm">Identity and Purpose</a></b><br>Esther's revelation of her identity is crucial to her fulfilling her purpose. Believers are reminded of the importance of embracing their identity in Christ to fulfill their God-given purpose.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_esther_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Esther 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_esther_7_omit_god.htm">Esther 7 – Why does this chapter, like the rest of the book, omit any direct mention of God, and how does that omission fit with the broader biblical narrative?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_feast_of_purim.htm">What is the Feast of Purim?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_king_ahasuerus_leave_in_anger.htm">Esther 7:7 – Why would King Ahasuerus suddenly abandon the feast in anger without prior indications of Haman’s treachery in earlier records of Persian court life? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_hadassah_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Hadassah in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/esther/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Let my life be given me</span>, etc. First of all, I ask at the king's hands my own life, which is threatened (<a href="/esther/4-13.htm">Esther 4:13</a>); secondly, I ask the life of my people, in whose sentence it is that I am involved. Some rhetorical skill is shown in separating the two, so as to make them correspond to the two clauses of the king's address "What is thy petition?" and "What is thy request?" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/esther/7-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Queen</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּלְכָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mal·kāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4436.htm">Strong's 4436: </a> </span><span class="str2">Queen -- a queen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Esther</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶסְתֵּ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’es·têr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_635.htm">Strong's 635: </a> </span><span class="str2">Esther -- 'star', Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">replied,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּ֨עַן</span> <span class="translit">(wat·ta·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“If</span><br /><span class="heb">אִם־</span> <span class="translit">(’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have found</span><br /><span class="heb">מָצָ֨אתִי</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ṣā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">favor</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵ֤ן</span> <span class="translit">(ḥên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2580.htm">Strong's 2580: </a> </span><span class="str2">Graciousness, subjective, objective</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your sight,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O king,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and if</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it pleases</span><br /><span class="heb">ט֑וֹב</span> <span class="translit">(ṭō·wḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2895.htm">Strong's 2895: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be pleasing or good</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the king,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ham·me·leḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">grant</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּנָּֽתֶן־</span> <span class="translit">(tin·nā·ṯen-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me</span><br /><span class="heb">לִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(lî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">my life</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשִׁי֙</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">as my petition,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(biš·’ê·lā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7596.htm">Strong's 7596: </a> </span><span class="str2">Request, thing asked for</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and [the lives of] my people</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַמִּ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘am·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as my request.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇaq·qā·šā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1246.htm">Strong's 1246: </a> </span><span class="str2">Request, entreaty</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/esther/7-3.htm">Esther 7:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/esther/7-3.htm">Esther 7:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/esther/7-3.htm">Esther 7:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/esther/7-3.htm">Esther 7:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/esther/7-3.htm">Esther 7:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/esther/7-3.htm">Esther 7:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/esther/7-3.htm">Esther 7:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/esther/7-3.htm">Esther 7:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/esther/7-3.htm">Esther 7:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/esther/7-3.htm">Esther 7:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/esther/7-3.htm">OT History: Esther 7:3 Then Esther the queen answered If (Est Esth. 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