Esther 7:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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:”

Esther 7:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Esther 7:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Esther 7:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.”

Esther 7:3 — World English Bible

Esther 7:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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: ”

Esther 7:3 — American Standard Version

Esther 7:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Esther the queen answereth and saith, `If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king <FI>it be<Fi> good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;”

Esther 7:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Esther 7:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace 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; ”

Esther 7:3 — Darby Translation

Esther 7:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Ester the Queene answered, and said, If I haue found fauour in thy sight, O King, and if it please the King, let my life be giuen me at my petition, and my people at my request.”

Esther 7:3 — Geneva Bible

Esther 7:3 in Context — Esther 7

1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

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:

4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.

5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

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What Does Esther 7:3 Mean?

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