Esther 5:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

So the king and Haman came to the dinner that Esther had prepared.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

As they sipped wine, the king asked, “Now what is it you wish? I’ll give it to you. What do you want? I’ll do anything—even give you half the kingdom.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he considered it pointless to lay his hands on Mordecai alone, for he had heard that he was part of the Jewish people. And so he wanted more: to destroy the entire nation of the Jews, who were in the kingdom of Artaxerxes.

English Standard Version 2016

And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, “What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”

Esther 5:6 Cross References

Nehemiah 2:4

Then the king said to me, “What do you request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.

Esther 5:3

The king said to her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even to half of my kingdom, it shall be given you.”

Esther 5:7

Then Esther answered, “This is my petition and request:

Esther 7:2

On the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”

Esther 9:12

The king said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred people and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces? Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. And what further is your request? It shall be fulfilled.”

Mark 6:23

And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, even half of my kingdom.”