KJV King James Version
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
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Esther 8:3
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
WEB World English Bible
Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
ASV American Standard Version
And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Esther addeth, and speaketh before the king, and falleth before his feet, and weepeth, and maketh supplication to him, to cause the evil of Haman the Agagite to pass away, and his device that he had devised against the Jews;
Surrounding context — Esther 8
1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews’ enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he [was] unto her.
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing [seem] right before the king, and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which [are] in all the king’s provinces:
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
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וַתּ֣וֹסֶףH3254 · ya.saphto add: againאֶסְתֵּ֗רH635 · es.terEstherוַתְּדַבֵּר֙H1696 · da.varto speak: speakלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeהַמֶּ֔לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוַתִּפֹּ֖לH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallלִפְנֵ֣יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeרַגְלָ֑יוH7272 · re.gelfootוַתֵּ֣בְךְּH1058 · ba.khahto weepוַתִּתְחַנֶּן־H2603 · cha.nanbe graciousל֗וֹH9033 · ohimלְהַֽעֲבִיר֙H5674 · a.varto passאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רָעַת֙H7451 · rabad: harmfulהָמָ֣ןH2001 · ha.manHamanהָֽאֲגָגִ֔יH91 · a.ga.giAgagiteוְאֵת֙H853 · et[Obj.]מַֽחֲשַׁבְתּ֔וֹH4284 · ma.cha.sha.vahplotאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichחָשַׁ֖בH2803 · cha.shavto devise: designעַל־H5921 · aluponהַיְּהוּדִֽים׃H3064 · ye.hu.diJew
Cross-references
Hosea 12:4Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him [in] Bethel, and there he spake with us;1 Samuel 25:24And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, [upon] me [let this] iniquity [be]: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.2 Kings 4:27And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul [is] vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid [it] from me, and hath not told me.Isaiah 38:2Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,Esther 3:8-15And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it [is] not for the king’s profit to suffer them.Esther 7:4For 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 tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
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