Verse List for EST 7:3

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator,Esther (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) “Your majesty,” Queen Esther replied, “if you are pleased with me, I hope you’ll be willing to do what I ask. Please allow me to live, and please save my people. That is what I am asking for

OET-LV And_ ʼEştēr _she _answered the_queen and_she/it _said if I _have _found favour in_eyes _of_your the_king and_if is_on the_king good let _it _be _given to_me life _of_my for_petition _of_my and_people _of_my for_request _of_my.

ULT And Esther the queen answered and said, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it is good to the king, let my life be given to me at my petition and my people at my request.

UST Then Queen Esther replied, “If you are pleased with me, O king, I hope you will be willing to do what I ask. Please allow me to live, and please save my people. That is what I am asking for.

BSB & MSB Queen Esther replied “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king grant me my life as my petition, and [the lives of] my people as my request.

OEB Then Queen Esther answered, ‘Your Majesty, if I have won your favour, and if it seems best to Your Majesty, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request,

WEBBE & WMBB Then Esther the queen answered, “If I have found favour in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

NET Queen Esther replied, “If I have met with your approval, O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition.

LSV And Esther the queen answers and says, “If I have found grace in your eyes, O king, and if to the king [it be] good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;

FBV Queen Esther answered, “If the king looks on me favorably, and if it please Your Majesty to grant me my life, that is my request; and the lives of my people, that is what I ask.

T4T Esther replied, “O king, if you are pleased with me, and if you are willing to do what I ask, save me, and save my people. That is what I want you to do for me.

LEB Then Queen Esther answered, and she said, “If I have found favor in your eyes,[fn] O king, and if it is good to the king, let my life be given to me at my petition and my people at my request;

BBE Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request:

Moff Queen Esther replied, “If I have won your favour, O king, and if it please the king, give me my life--that is my petition! Grant me my people--that is my request;

JPS Then Esther the queen answered and said: 'If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;

ASV Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

DRA Then she answered: If I have found Favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for which I request.

YLT And Esther the queen answereth and saith, 'If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king [it be] good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;

Drby And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;

RV Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
(Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy/your sight, Oh king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:)

SLT And Esther the queen will answer and say, If I found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if good to the king, my soul shall be given to me in my asking, and my people in my seeking.

Wbstr Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it shall please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

KJB-1769 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
(Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy/your sight, Oh king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:)

KJB-1611 Then Esther the Queene answered, and said; If I haue found fauour in thy sight, O King, and if it please the King, let my life be giuen me at my petition, and my people at my request.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps And Esther the queene aunswered, and saide: If I haue found grace in thy sight O king, and if it please the king, then graunt me my lyfe at my desire, and my people for my petitions sake.
(And Esther the queen answered, and said: If I have found grace in thy/your sight Oh king, and if it please the king, then grant me my life at my desire, and my people for my petitions sake.)

Gnva And Ester the Queene answered, and said, If I haue found fauour in thy sight, O King, and if it please the King, let my life be giuen me at my petition, and my people at my request.
(And Ester the Queen answered, and said, If I have found favour in thy/your sight, Oh King, and if it please the King, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.)

Cvdl Hester ye quene answered and sayde: Yf I haue founde grace in thy sighte (O kynge) and yf it please the kynge, then graunte me my lyfe at my desyre and my people for my peticions sake:
(Esther ye/you_all queen answered and said: If I have found grace in thy/your sight (Oh king) and if it please the king, then grant me my life at my desire and my people for my petitions sake:)

Wycl To whom sche answeride, A! king, if Y haue founde grace in thin iyen, and if it plesith thee, yyue thou my lijf to me, for which Y preie, and my puple, for which Y biseche.
(To whom she answered, A! king, if I have found grace in thin eyes, and if it pleaseth/pleases thee/you, give thou/you my life to me, for which I pray, and my people, for which I biseche.)

Luth Esther, die Königin, antwortete und sprach: Habe ich Gnade vor dir funden, o König, und gefällt es dem Könige, so gib mir mein Leben um meiner Bitte willen und mein Volk um meines Begehrens willen.
(Esther, the queen, replied and spoke: goods I grace before/in_front_of you/to_you(sg) funds, o king, and pleases it to_him king(s), so give to_me my life around/by/for mine Please will(v) and my people around/by/for my Begehrens will(v).)

ClVg Ad quem illa respondit: Si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis o rex, et si tibi placet, dona mihi animam meam pro qua rogo, et populum meum pro quo obsecro.
(To which that answered: When/But_if I_found grace in/into/on eyes yours o king, and when/but_if to_you please/it_seems_right, gifts to_me the_soul of_mine for which I_ask, and the_people mine for where I_beg.)

UHB וַ⁠תַּ֨עַן אֶסְתֵּ֤ר הַ⁠מַּלְכָּה֙ וַ⁠תֹּאמַ֔ר אִם־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּ⁠עֵינֶ֨י⁠ךָ֙ הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ וְ⁠אִם־עַל־הַ⁠מֶּ֖לֶךְ ט֑וֹב תִּנָּֽתֶן־לִ֤⁠י נַפְשִׁ⁠י֙ בִּ⁠שְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔⁠י וְ⁠עַמִּ֖⁠י בְּ⁠בַקָּשָׁתִֽ⁠י׃ ‡

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