36 “Here (A)we are, servants today!
And the land that You gave to our fathers,
To eat its fruit and its bounty,
Here we are, servants in it!

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36 “But see, we are slaves(A) today, slaves in the land you gave our ancestors so they could eat its fruit and the other good things it produces.

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For we have been (A)sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as (B)male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king’s loss.”

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For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(A) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer