Septuagint
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Masoretic
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Esther 5
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Esther 5
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5:1 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. And being splendidly arrayed, [and] having called upon Elohim
the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she
leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and he other followed bearing her
train. And she [was] blooming in the perfection of her beauty; and her face
[was] cheerful, and [it were] benevolent, but her heart [was] straitened for
fear. 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, [covered] all over with gold and precious stones, and was very
terrible. 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 [her]. But
Elohim 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, What is [the
matter], Esther? I [am] thy brother; be of good cheer, thou shalt not die,
for our command is openly declared [to thee], Draw nigh.
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5:1 Now it came to pass on the third day,
that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the
king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal
throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
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5:2 And having raised the golden sceptre he
laid it upon her neck, and embraced her, and said, Speak to me. And she said
to him, I saw thee, [my] lord, as an Messenger of Elohim, and my heart was troubled
for fear of thy glory; for thou, [my] lord, art to be wondered at, and thy
face [is] full of grace. And while she was speaking, she fainted and fell.
Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her.
5:3 And the king said, What wilt thou, Esther? and what is thy request?
[ask] even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be thine.
5:4 And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the
king, let both him and Haman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.
5:5 And the king said, Hasten Haman hither, that we may perform the word of
Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken.
5:6 And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What is [thy request], queen
Esther? [speak], and thou shalt have all that thou requirest.
5:7 And she said, My request and my petition [are]:
5:8 if I have found favour in te sight of the king, let the king and Haman
come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and
to-morrow I will do the same.
5:9 So Haman went out from the king very glad [and] merry: but when Haman saw
Mordecai the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged.
5:10 And having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife
Zosara.
5:11 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.
5:12 And Haman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king
but me, and I am invited to-morrow.
5:13 But these things please me not, while I see Mordecai the Jew in the
court.
5:14 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 Mordecai be hanged on the gallows: but do thou go in to the feast
with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Haman, and the gallows
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5:2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the
queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the
king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther
drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
5:3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is
thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
5:4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and
Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
5:5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther
hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had
prepared.
5:6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy
petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the
half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
5:7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
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, and I will do to morrow
as the king hath said.
5:9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when
Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for
him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
5:10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent
and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
5:11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of
his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how
he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
5:12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with
the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am
I invited unto her also with the king.
5:13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew
sitting at the king's gate.
5:14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows
be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that
Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto
the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be
made. |
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