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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Esther 5 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/esther/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/esther/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">Brenton</a> > Esther 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../esther/4.htm" title="Esther 4">◄</a> Esther 5 <a href="../esther/6.htm" title="Esther 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Esther Approaches the King<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And it came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she put off her mean dress, and put on her glorious apparel. <font color=blue>(5:1A)</font> And being splendidly arrayed, <i>and</i> having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. <font color=blue>(5:1B)</font> And she <i>was</i> blooming in the perfection of her beauty; and her face <i>was</i> cheerful, and <i>it were</i> benevolent, but her heart <i>was</i> straitened for fear. <font color=blue>(5:1C)</font> And having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king: and he was sitting upon his royal throne, and he had put on all his glorious apparel, <i>covered</i> all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrible. <font color=blue>(5:1D)</font> And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger: and the queen fell, and changed her colour as she fainted; and she bowed herself upon the head of the maid that went before <i>her</i>. <font color=blue>(5:1E)</font> But God changed the spirit of the king gentleness, and in intense feeling he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered: and he comforted her with peaceable words, and said to her, <font color=blue>(5:1F)</font> What is <i>the matter</i>, Esther? I <i>am</i> thy brother; be of good cheer, thou shalt not die, for our command is openly declared <i>to thee</i>, Draw nigh. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And having raised the golden sceptre he laid it upon her neck, and embraced her, and said, Speak to me. <font color=blue>(5:2A)</font> And she said to him, I saw thee, <i>my</i> lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of thy glory; for thou, <i>my</i> lord, art to be wondered at, and thy face <i>is</i> full of grace. <font color=blue>(5:2B)</font> And while she was speaking, she fainted and fell. Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the king said, What wilt thou, Esther? and what is thy request? <i>ask</i> even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be thine. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the king, let both him and Aman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And the king said, Hasten Aman hither, that we may perform the word of Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What is <i>thy request</i>, queen Esther? <i>speak</i>, and thou shalt have all that thou requirest. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And she said, My request and my petition <i>are</i>: <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>if I have found favour in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same.<p> <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">Haman’s Plot against Mordecai<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>So Aman went out from the king very glad <i>and</i> merry: but when Aman saw Mardochaeus the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zosara. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And he shewed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But these things please me not, while I see Mardochaeus the Jew in the court. <span class="reftext"><a href="/esther/5-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for thee of fifty cubits, and in the morning do thou speak to the king, and let Mardochaeus be hanged on the gallows: but do thou go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../esther/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Esther 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Esther 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../esther/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Esther 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Esther 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>