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Esther 7:3-5
Christian Standard Bible
Esther 7:3-5
Christian Standard Bible
3 Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if the king is pleased,(A) spare my life; this is my request. And spare my people; this is my desire.(B) 4 For my people and I have been sold(C) to destruction, death, and annihilation.(D) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves,(E) I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”
5 King Ahasuerus spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?” [a](F)
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- 7:5 Lit who would fill his heart to do this
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