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1. So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
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1. So the king H4428 and Haman H2001 came H935 to banquet H8354 with H5973 Esther H635 the queen H4436 .
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2. And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
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2. And the king H4428 said H559 again H1571 unto Esther H635 on the second H8145 day H3117 at the banquet H4960 of wine H3196 , What H4100 is thy petition H7596 , queen H4436 Esther H635 ? and it shall be granted H5414 thee : and what H4100 is thy request H1246 ? and it shall be performed H6213 , even to H5704 the half H2677 of the kingdom H4438 .
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3. 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:
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3. Then Esther H635 the queen H4436 answered H6030 and said H559 , If H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in thy sight H5869 , O king H4428 , and if H518 it please H2895 H5921 the king H4428 , let my life H5315 be given H5414 me at my petition H7596 , and my people H5971 at my request H1246 :
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4. for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the kings damage.
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4. For H3588 we are sold H4376 , I H589 and my people H5971 , to be destroyed H8045 , to be slain H2026 , and to perish H6 . But if H432 we had been sold H4376 for bondmen H5650 and bondwomen H8198 , I had held my tongue H2790 , although H3588 the enemy H6862 could not H369 countervail H7737 the king H4428 's damage H5143 .
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5. Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
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5. Then the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325 answered H559 and said H559 unto Esther H635 the queen H4436 , Who H4310 is he H1931 H2088 , and where H335 is he H2088 H1931 , that H834 durst presume H4390 in his heart H3820 to do H6213 so H3651 ?
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6. And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
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6. And Esther H635 said H559 , The adversary H376 H6862 and enemy H341 is this H2088 wicked H7451 Haman H2001 . Then Haman H2001 was afraid H1204 before H4480 H6440 the king H4428 and the queen H4436 .
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7. And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
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7. And the king H4428 arising H6965 from the banquet H4480 H4960 of wine H3196 in his wrath H2534 went into H413 the palace H1055 garden H1594 : and Haman H2001 stood up H5975 to make request H1245 for H5921 his life H5315 to Esther H4480 H635 the queen H4436 ; for H3588 he saw H7200 that H3588 there was evil H7451 determined H3615 against H413 him by H4480 H854 the king H4428 .
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8. Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the kings mouth, they covered Hamans face.
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8. Then the king H4428 returned H7725 out of the palace garden H4480 H1594 H1055 into H413 the place H1004 of the banquet H4960 of wine H3196 ; and Haman H2001 was fallen H5307 upon H5921 the bed H4296 whereon H834 H5921 Esther H635 was . Then said H559 the king H4428 , Will he force H3533 H853 the queen H4436 also H1571 before H5973 me in the house H1004 ? As the word H1697 went out H3318 of the king's mouth H4480 H6310 H4428 , they covered H2645 Haman H2001 's face H6440 .
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9. Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.
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9. And Harbonah H2726 , one H259 of H4480 the chamberlains H5631 , said H559 before H6440 the king H4428 , Behold H2009 also H1571 , the gallows H6086 fifty H2572 cubits H520 high H1364 , which H834 Haman H2001 had made H6213 for Mordecai H4782 , who H834 had spoken H1696 good H2896 for H5921 the king H4428 , standeth H5975 in the house H1004 of Haman H2001 . Then the king H4428 said H559 , Hang H8518 him thereon H5921 .
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10. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the kings wrath pacified.
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10. So they hanged H8518 H853 Haman H2001 on H5921 the gallows H6086 that H834 he had prepared H3559 for Mordecai H4782 . Then was the king H4428 's wrath H2534 pacified H7918 .
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