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And the king said to Esther on the second day also [a]as they drank their wine at the feast, “(A)What is [b]your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be given you. And what is [c]your request? (B)Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.” Then Queen Esther answered and said, “(C)If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it seems good to the king, let my life be given to me as [d]my petition, and my people as [e]my request; for (D)we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, (E)to be killed, and to be caused to perish. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the [f]adversity would not be worth the [g]annoyance to the king.”

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:2 Lit at the banquet of wine
  2. Esther 7:2 Or that which you ask for
  3. Esther 7:2 Or that which you seek, cf. Esth 7:7
  4. Esther 7:3 Or that which I ask for
  5. Esther 7:3 Or that which I seek, cf. Esth 7:7
  6. Esther 7:4 Or enemy could not compensate for the loss
  7. Esther 7:4 Or damage