Verse 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}:

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 3:12-13 : 12 Then were the king's{H4428} scribes{H5608}{(H8802)} called{H7121}{(H8735)} on the thirteenth{H7969}{H6240} day{H3117} of the first{H7223} month{H2320}, and there was written{H3789}{(H8735)} according to all that Haman{H2001} had commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} unto the king's{H4428} lieutenants{H323}, and to the governors{H6346} that were over every province{H4082}, and to the rulers{H8269} of every people{H5971} of every province{H4082} according to the writing{H3791} thereof, and to every people{H5971} after their language{H3956}; in the name{H8034} of king{H4428} Ahasuerus{H325} was it written{H3789}{(H8737)}, and sealed{H2856}{(H8738)} with the king's{H4428} ring{H2885}. 13 And the letters{H5612} were sent{H7971}{(H8736)} by{H3027} posts{H7323}{(H8801)} into all the king's{H4428} provinces{H4082}, to destroy{H8045}{(H8687)}, to kill{H2026}{(H8800)}, and to cause to perish{H6}{(H8763)}, all Jews{H3064}, both young{H5288} and old{H2205}, little children{H2945} and women{H802}, in one{H259} day{H3117}, even upon the thirteenth{H7969}{H6240} day of the twelfth{H8147}{H6240} month{H2320}, which is the month{H2320} Adar{H143}, and to take the spoil{H7998} of them for a prey{H962}{(H8800)}.
  • Esth 5:8 : 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}.
  • Exod 33:13 : 13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found{H4672}{(H8804)} grace{H2580} in thy sight{H5869}, shew{H3045}{(H8685)} me now thy way{H1870}, that I may know{H3045}{(H8799)} thee, that I may find{H4672}{(H8799)} grace{H2580} in thy sight{H5869}: and consider{H7200}{(H8798)} that this nation{H1471} is thy people{H5971}.
  • Exod 33:16 : 16 For wherein shall it be known{H3045}{(H8735)} here{H645} that I and thy people{H5971} have found{H4672}{(H8804)} grace{H2580} in thy sight{H5869}? is it not in that thou goest{H3212}{(H8800)} with us? so shall we be separated{H6395}{(H8738)}, I and thy people{H5971}, from all the people{H5971} that are upon the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}.
  • 1 Sam 20:29 : 29 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, Let me go{H7971}{(H8761)}, I pray thee; for our family{H4940} hath a sacrifice{H2077} in the city{H5892}; and my brother{H251}, he hath commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} me to be there: and now, if I have found{H4672}{(H8804)} favour{H2580} in thine eyes{H5869}, let me get away{H4422}{(H8735)}, I pray thee, and see{H7200}{(H8799)} my brethren{H251}. Therefore he cometh{H935}{(H8804)} not unto the king's{H4428} table{H7979}.
  • Esth 2:4 : 4 And let the maiden{H5291} which pleaseth{H3190}{(H8799)}{H5869} the king{H4428} be queen{H4427}{(H8799)} instead of Vashti{H2060}. And the thing{H1697} pleased{H3190}{(H8799)}{H5869} the king{H4428}; and he did so{H6213}{(H8799)}.
  • Esth 2:17 : 17 And the king{H4428} loved{H157}{(H8799)} Esther{H635} above all the women{H802}, and she obtained{H5375}{(H8799)} grace{H2580} and favour{H2617} in his sight{H6440} more than all the virgins{H1330}; so that he set{H7760}{(H8799)} the royal{H4438} crown{H3804} upon her head{H7218}, and made her queen{H4427}{(H8686)} instead of Vashti{H2060}.