Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version and as they were drinking wine on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be granted.” New Living Translation On this second occasion, while they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, “Tell me what you want, Queen Esther. What is your request? I will give it to you, even if it is half the kingdom!” English Standard Version And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, “What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.” Berean Standard Bible and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.” King James Bible 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? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. New King James Version And on the second day, at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!” New American Standard Bible And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet, “What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your wish? Up to half of the kingdom it shall be done.” NASB 1995 And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.” NASB 1977 And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.” Legacy Standard Bible And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the feast, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be given you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.” Amplified Bible And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted to you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom, it shall be done.” Christian Standard Bible Once again, on the second day while drinking wine, the king asked Esther, “Queen Esther, whatever you ask will be given to you. Whatever you seek, even to half the kingdom, will be done.” Holman Christian Standard Bible Once again, on the second day while drinking wine, the king asked Esther, “Queen Esther, whatever you ask will be given to you. Whatever you seek, even to half the kingdom, will be done.” American Standard Version 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the King said to Esthir also on that day of the banquet of wine: “What is your request and your supplication? Unto the half of my kingdom, it shall be done for you!” Brenton Septuagint Translation And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What is it, queen Esther? and what is thy request, and what is thy petition? and it shall be done for thee, to the half of my kingdom. Contemporary English Version and drinking wine during the second dinner, when the king again said, "Esther, what can I do for you? Just ask, and I will give you as much as half of my kingdom!" Douay-Rheims Bible And the king said to her again the second day, after he was warm with wine: What is thy petition, Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what wilt thou have done: although thou ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it. English Revised Version 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 he granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. GOD'S WORD® Translation On the second day, while they were drinking wine, the king asked Esther, "What is your request, Queen Esther? It will be granted to you. And what would you like? Even if it is up to half of the kingdom, it will be granted." Good News Translation for a second time. Over the wine the king asked her again, "Now, Queen Esther, what do you want? Tell me and you shall have it. I'll even give you half the empire." International Standard Version On the second day the king again told Esther as they drank wine, "What's your petition, Queen Esther? It will be given to you. What's your request? Up to half of the kingdom, and it will be done." JPS Tanakh 1917 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine: 'Whatever thy petition, queen Esther, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.' Literal Standard Version and the king says to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, “What [is] your petition, Esther, O queen? And it is given to you; and what [is] your request? To the half of the kingdom—and it is done.” Majority Standard Bible and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.” New American Bible Again, on this second day, as they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Whatever you ask, Queen Esther, shall be granted you. Whatever request you make, even for half the kingdom, shall be honored.” NET Bible On the second day of the banquet of wine the king asked Esther, "What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be granted to you. And what is your petition? Ask up to half the kingdom, and it shall be done!" New Revised Standard Version On the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.” New Heart English Bible The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, "What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed." Webster's Bible Translation And the king said again to 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? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. World English Bible The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.” Young's Literal Translation and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, 'What is thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.' Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Esther Pleads for Her People1So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen, 2and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.” 3Queen 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.… Cross References Mark 6:23 And he swore to her, "Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!" Esther 5:3 "What is it, Queen Esther?" the king inquired. "What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you." Esther 5:6 And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, "What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled." Esther 7:1 So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen, Esther 9:12 who said to Queen Esther, "In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman's ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled." Treasury of Scripture And the king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is your petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted you: and what is your request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. the king said. Esther 5:6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. John 16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. Jump to Previous Banquet Drank Drinking Esther Fulfilled Granted Half Kingdom Performed Petition Prayer Queen Request Second Whatever WineJump to Next Banquet Drank Drinking Esther Fulfilled Granted Half Kingdom Performed Petition Prayer Queen Request Second Whatever WineEsther 7 1. Esther, entertaining the king and Haman, pleads for her own life, and her people's.5. She accuses Haman. 7. The king in his anger, understanding of the gallows Haman had made for Mordecai, 10. causes Haman to be hanged thereon. VII. (2) What is thy petition?--The king takes for granted that Esther's invitations to her banquets do not constitute her real request, but merely prepare the way for it. Verse 2. - And the king said again. Esther had promised to let her real request be known at this banquet (Esther 5:8). The king therefore once more gives her the opportunity. On the second day. On the second occasion of being entertained by Esther.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew and as they drankבְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣ה (bə·miš·têh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4960: Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast their wine הַיַּ֔יִן (hay·ya·yin) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication on the second הַשֵּׁנִי֙ (haš·šê·nî) Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number) day, בַּיּ֤וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day the king הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king asked וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say once more, גַּ֣ם (gam) Conjunction Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and “Queen הַמַּלְכָּ֖ה (ham·mal·kāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4436: Queen -- a queen Esther, אֶסְתֵּ֥ר (’es·têr) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 635: Esther -- 'star', Ahasuerus' queen who delivered Israel what [is] מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what your petition? שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְ (šə·’ê·lā·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 7596: Request, thing asked for It will be given וְתִנָּ֣תֵֽן (wə·ṯin·nā·ṯên) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 5414: To give, put, set to you. לָ֑ךְ (lāḵ) Preposition | second person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew What [is] וּמַה־ (ū·mah-) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what your request? בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ (baq·qā·šā·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 1246: Request, entreaty Even up to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while half חֲצִ֥י (ḥă·ṣî) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2677: The half, middle the kingdom, הַמַּלְכ֖וּת (ham·mal·ḵūṯ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4438: Royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom it will be fulfilled.” וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ (wə·ṯê·‘āś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make Links Esther 7:2 NIVEsther 7:2 NLT Esther 7:2 ESV Esther 7:2 NASB Esther 7:2 KJV Esther 7:2 BibleApps.com Esther 7:2 Biblia Paralela Esther 7:2 Chinese Bible Esther 7:2 French Bible Esther 7:2 Catholic Bible OT History: Esther 7:2 The king said again to Esther (Est Esth. 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