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 the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
Esther 5:7 - New Revised Standard Version Then Esther said, “This is my petition and request: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And during the serving of wine, the king said to Esther, What is your petition? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed. American Standard Version (1901) Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is: Common English Bible Esther answered, “This is my wish and this is what I want: Catholic Public Domain Version In the first month, which is called Nisan, in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, the lot was cast into an urn, which in Hebrew is called Pur, in the presence of Haman, to determine on what day and in which month the Jewish people should be destroyed. And it turned out to be the twelfth month, which is called Adar. English Standard Version 2016 Then Esther answered, “My wish and my request is: |
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 the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”
If I have won the king's favor, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and then I will do as the king has said.”