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Esther Chapter 5 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Esther 5:4

And Esther said, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
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BBE Esther 5:4

And Esther in answer said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the feast which I have made ready for him.
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DARBY Esther 5:4

And Esther said, If it seem good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.
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KJV Esther 5:4

And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
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WBT Esther 5:4

And Esther answered, If it shall seem good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.
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WEB Esther 5:4

Esther said, If it seem good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.
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YLT Esther 5:4

And Esther saith, `If unto the king `it be' good, the king doth come in, and Haman, to-day, unto the banquet that I have made for him;'
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - Let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that l have prepared. Such an invitation as this was very unusual. Ordinarily the king and queen dined separately, each in their own apartments; family gatherings, however, not being unknown (Plut., 'Vit. Artaxerx.,' § 5; Athen., 'Deipnsoph.,' 4. p. 145, A). But for the queen to invite not only the king, but also another male guest, not a relation, was a remarkable innovation, and must have seemed to the fortunate recipient of the invitation a high act of favour.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) Let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet.--It was natural enough that, with so much depending on her request, the queen should show some hesitation: if anything took an untoward turn (for, in spite of the king's promise, she evidently felt uneasy) it might mean total ruin. She therefore temporises; she at any rate gains time, she secures a specially favourable opportunity for bringing forward the request, and the king clearly sees that she has kept her real petition in reserve by himself again raising the question. It will be noticed that so long as Esther is working her way up to the due vantage-ground, the king is addressed in the third person, let the king come," but when she makes the decisive appeal, in the second, "in thy sight, O king."