Verse 8
if I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in the sight{H5869} of the king,{H4428} and if it please{H2895} the king{H4428} to grant{H5414} my petition,{H7596} and to perform{H6213} my request,{H1246} let the king{H4428} and Haman{H2001} come{H935} to the banquet{H4960} that I shall prepare{H6213} for them, and I will do{H6213} to-morrow{H4279} as the king{H4428} hath said.{H1697}
Referenced Verses
- Esth 7:3 : 3 Then Esther{H635} the queen{H4436} answered{H6030} and said,{H559} If I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in thy sight,{H5869} O king,{H4428} and if it please{H2895} the king,{H4428} let my life{H5315} be given{H5414} me at my petition,{H7596} and my people{H5971} at my request:{H1246}
- Esth 8:5 : 5 And she said,{H559} If it please{H2896} the king,{H4428} and if I have found{H4672} favor{H2580} in his sight,{H6440} and the thing{H1697} seem right{H3787} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} and I be pleasing{H2896} in his eyes,{H5869} let it be written{H3789} to reverse{H7725} the letters{H5612} devised{H4284} by Haman,{H2001} the son{H1121} of Hammedatha{H4099} the Agagite,{H91} which he wrote{H3789} to destroy{H6} the Jews{H3064} that are in all the king's{H4428} provinces:{H4082}
- Esth 6:1-9 : 1 On that night{H3915} could not{H5074} the king{H4428} sleep;{H8142} and he commanded{H559} to bring{H935} the book{H5612} of records{H2146} of the chronicles,{H1697} and they were read{H7121} before{H6440} the king.{H4428} 2 And it was found{H4672} written,{H3789} that Mordecai{H4782} had told{H5046} of Bigthana{H904} and Teresh,{H8657} two{H8147} of the king's{H4428} chamberlains,{H5631} of those that kept{H8104} the threshold,{H5592} who had sought{H1245} to lay{H7971} hands{H3027} on the king{H4428} Ahasuerus.{H325} 3 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} What honor{H3366} and dignity{H1420} hath been bestowed{H6213} on Mordecai{H4782} for this? Then said{H559} the king's{H4428} servants{H5288} that ministered{H8334} unto him, There is nothing{H1697} done{H6213} for him. 4 And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Who is in the court?{H2691} Now Haman{H2001} was come{H935} into the outward{H2435} court{H2691} of the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} to speak{H559} unto the king{H4428} to hang{H8518} Mordecai{H4782} on the gallows{H6086} that he had prepared{H3559} for him. 5 And the king's{H4428} servants{H5288} said{H559} unto him, Behold, Haman{H2001} standeth{H5975} in the court.{H2691} And the king{H4428} said,{H559} Let him come in.{H935} 6 So Haman{H2001} came in.{H935} And the king{H4428} said{H559} unto him, What shall be done{H6213} unto the man{H376} whom the king{H4428} delighteth{H2654} to honor?{H3366} Now Haman{H2001} said{H559} in his heart,{H3820} To whom would the king{H4428} delight{H2654} to do{H6213} honor{H3366} more{H3148} than to myself? 7 And Haman{H2001} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} For the man{H376} whom the king{H4428} delighteth{H2654} to honor,{H3366} 8 let royal{H4438} apparel{H3830} be brought{H935} which the king{H4428} useth to wear,{H3847} and the horse{H5483} that the king{H4428} rideth{H7392} upon, and on the head{H7218} of which a crown{H3804} royal{H4438} is set:{H5414} 9 and let the apparel{H3830} and the horse{H5483} be delivered{H5414} to the hand{H3027} of one{H376} of the king's{H4428} most noble{H6579} princes,{H8269} that they may array{H3847} the man{H376} therewith whom the king{H4428} delighteth{H2654} to honor,{H3366} and cause him to ride{H7392} on horseback{H5483} through the street{H7339} of the city,{H5892} and proclaim{H7121} before{H6440} him, Thus shall it be done{H6213} to the man{H376} whom the king{H4428} delighteth{H2654} to honor.{H3366} 10 Then the king{H4428} said{H559} to Haman,{H2001} Make haste,{H4116} and take{H3947} the apparel{H3830} and the horse,{H5483} as thou hast said,{H1696} and do{H6213} even so to Mordecai{H4782} the Jew,{H3064} that sitteth{H3427} at the king's{H4428} gate:{H8179} let nothing{H1697} fail{H5307} of all that thou hast spoken.{H1696} 11 Then took{H3947} Haman{H2001} the apparel{H3830} and the horse,{H5483} and arrayed{H3847} Mordecai,{H4782} and caused him to ride{H7392} through the street{H7339} of the city,{H5892} and proclaimed{H7121} before{H6440} him, Thus shall it be done{H6213} unto the man{H376} whom the king{H4428} delighteth{H2654} to honor.{H3366} 12 And Mordecai{H4782} came again{H7725} to the king's{H4428} gate.{H8179} But Haman{H2001} hasted{H1765} to his house,{H1004} mourning{H57} and having his head{H7218} covered.{H2645} 13 And Haman{H2001} recounted{H5608} unto Zeresh{H2238} his wife{H802} and all his friends{H157} everything that had befallen{H7136} him. Then said{H559} his wise men{H2450} and Zeresh{H2238} his wife{H802} unto him, If Mordecai,{H4782} before{H6440} whom thou hast begun{H2490} to fall,{H5307} be of the seed{H2233} of the Jews,{H3064} thou shalt not prevail{H3201} against him, but shalt surely{H5307} fall{H5307} before{H6440} him. 14 While they were yet talking{H1696} with him, came{H5060} the king's{H4428} chamberlains,{H5631} and hasted{H926} to bring{H935} Haman{H2001} unto the banquet{H4960} that Esther{H635} had prepared.{H6213}
- Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's{H120} heart{H3820} deviseth{H2803} his way;{H1870} But Jehovah{H3068} directeth{H3559} his steps.{H6806}