Verse 8

If I have found{H4672}{(H8804)} favour{H2580} in the sight{H5869} of the king{H4428}, and if it please{H2895}{(H8804)} the king{H4428} to grant{H5414}{(H8800)} my petition{H7596}, and to perform{H6213}{(H8800)} my request{H1246}, let the king{H4428} and Haman{H2001} come{H935}{(H8799)} to the banquet{H4960} that I shall prepare{H6213}{(H8799)} for them, and I will do{H6213}{(H8799)} to morrow{H4279} as the king{H4428} hath said{H1697}.

Referenced Verses

• Esth 7:3 : 3 Then Esther{H635} the queen{H4436} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, If I have found{H4672}{(H8804)} favour{H2580} in thy sight{H5869}, O king{H4428}, and if it please{H2895}{(H8804)} the king{H4428}, let my life{H5315} be given{H5414}{(H8735)} me at my petition{H7596}, and my people{H5971} at my request{H1246}:
• Esth 8:5 : 5 And said{H559}{(H8799)}, If it please{H2896} the king{H4428}, and if I have found{H4672}{(H8804)} favour{H2580} in his sight{H6440}, and the thing{H1697} seem right{H3787}{(H8804)} before{H6440} the king{H4428}, and I be pleasing{H2896} in his eyes{H5869}, let it be written{H3789}{(H8735)} to reverse{H7725}{(H8687)} the letters{H5612} devised{H4284} by Haman{H2001} the son{H1121} of Hammedatha{H4099} the Agagite{H91}, which he wrote{H3789}{(H8804)} to destroy{H6}{(H8763)} the Jews{H3064} which are in all the king's{H4428} provinces{H4082}:
• Esth 6:1-9 : 1 On that night{H3915} could not{H5074}{(H8804)} the king{H4428} sleep{H8142}, and he commanded{H559}{(H8799)} to bring{H935}{(H8687)} the book{H5612} of records{H2146} of the chronicles{H1697}{H3117}; and they were read{H7121}{(H8737)} before{H6440} the king{H4428}. 2 And it was found{H4672}{(H8735)} written{H3789}{(H8803)}, that Mordecai{H4782} had told{H5046}{(H8689)} of Bigthana{H904} and Teresh{H8657}, two{H8147} of the king's{H4428} chamberlains{H5631}, the keepers{H8104}{(H8802)} of the door{H5592}, who sought{H1245}{(H8765)} to lay{H7971}{(H8800)} hand{H3027} on the king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325}. 3 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)}, What honour{H3366} and dignity{H1420} hath been done{H6213}{(H8738)} to Mordecai{H4782} for this? Then said{H559}{(H8799)} the king's{H4428} servants{H5288} that ministered{H8334}{(H8764)} unto him, There is nothing{H1697} done{H6213}{(H8738)} for him. 4 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Who is in the court{H2691}? Now Haman{H2001} was come{H935}{(H8804)} into the outward{H2435} court{H2691} of the king's{H4428} house{H1004}, to speak{H559}{(H8800)} unto the king{H4428} to hang{H8518}{(H8800)} Mordecai{H4782} on the gallows{H6086} that he had prepared{H3559}{(H8689)} for him. 5 And the king's{H4428} servants{H5288} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Behold, Haman{H2001} standeth{H5975}{(H8802)} in the court{H2691}. And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let him come in{H935}{(H8799)}. 6 So Haman{H2001} came in{H935}{(H8799)}. And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, What shall be done{H6213}{(H8800)} unto the man{H376} whom the king{H4428} delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} to honour{H3366}? Now Haman{H2001} thought{H559}{(H8799)} in his heart{H3820}, To whom would the king{H4428} delight{H2654}{(H8799)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} honour{H3366} more{H3148} than to myself? 7 And Haman{H2001} answered{H559}{(H8799)} the king{H4428}, For the man{H376} whom the king{H4428} delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} to honour{H3366}, 8 Let the royal{H4438} apparel{H3830} be brought{H935}{(H8686)} which the king{H4428} useth to wear{H3847}{(H8804)}, and the horse{H5483} that the king{H4428} rideth{H7392}{(H8804)} upon, and the crown{H3804} royal{H4438} which is set{H5414}{(H8738)} upon his head{H7218}: 9 And let this apparel{H3830} and horse{H5483} be delivered{H5414}{(H8800)} to the hand{H3027} of one{H376} of the king's{H4428} most noble{H6579} princes{H8269}, that they may array{H3847}{(H8689)} the man{H376} withal whom the king{H4428} delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} to honour{H3366}, and bring{H7392}{(H8689)} him on horseback{H5483} through the street{H7339} of the city{H5892}, and proclaim{H7121}{(H8804)} before{H6440} him, Thus shall it be done{H6213}{(H8735)} to the man{H376} whom the king{H4428} delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} to honour{H3366}. 10 Then the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} to Haman{H2001}, Make haste{H4116}{(H8761)}, and take{H3947}{(H8798)} the apparel{H3830} and the horse{H5483}, as thou hast said{H1696}{(H8765)}, and do{H6213}{(H8798)} even so to Mordecai{H4782} the Jew{H3064}, that sitteth{H3427}{(H8802)} at the king's{H4428} gate{H8179}: let nothing{H1697} fail{H5307}{(H8686)} of all that thou hast spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}. 11 Then took{H3947}{(H8799)} Haman{H2001} the apparel{H3830} and the horse{H5483}, and arrayed{H3847}{(H8686)} Mordecai{H4782}, and brought him on horseback{H7392}{(H8686)} through the street{H7339} of the city{H5892}, and proclaimed{H7121}{(H8799)} before{H6440} him, Thus shall it be done{H6213}{(H8735)} unto the man{H376} whom the king{H4428} delighteth{H2654}{(H8804)} to honour{H3366}. 12 And Mordecai{H4782} came again{H7725}{(H8799)} to the king's{H4428} gate{H8179}. But Haman{H2001} hasted{H1765}{(H8738)} to his house{H1004} mourning{H57}, and having his head{H7218} covered{H2645}{(H8802)}. 13 And Haman{H2001} told{H5608}{(H8762)} Zeresh{H2238} his wife{H802} and all his friends{H157}{(H8802)} every thing that had befallen{H7136}{(H8804)} him. Then said{H559}{(H8799)} his wise men{H2450} and Zeresh{H2238} his wife{H802} unto him, If Mordecai{H4782} be of the seed{H2233} of the Jews{H3064}, before{H6440} whom thou hast begun{H2490}{(H8689)} to fall{H5307}{(H8800)}, thou shalt not prevail{H3201}{(H8799)} against him, but shalt surely{H5307}{(H8800)} fall{H5307}{(H8799)} before{H6440} him. 14 And while they were yet talking{H1696}{(H8764)} with him, came{H5060}{(H8689)} the king's{H4428} chamberlains{H5631}, and hasted{H926}{(H8686)} to bring{H935}{(H8687)} Haman{H2001} unto the banquet{H4960} that Esther{H635} had prepared{H6213}{(H8804)}.
• Prov 16:9 : 9 A man's{H120} heart{H3820} deviseth{H2803}{(H8762)} his way{H1870}: but the LORD{H3068} directeth{H3559}{(H8686)} his steps{H6806}.