Parallel Verses English Standard Version And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king.” King James Bible And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. American Standard Version And Esther said, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. Douay-Rheims Bible But she answered: If it please the king. I beseech thee to come to me this day, and Aman with thee to the banquet which I have prepared. English Revised Version And Esther said, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. Webster's Bible Translation And Esther answered, If it shall seem good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him. Esther 5:4 Parallel Commentary Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old TestamentThis pressing monition produced its result. Esther returned answer to Mordochai: "Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Susa, and fast ye for me: I also and my maidens will fast; and so will I go to the king against the law; and if I perish, I perish." Esther resolves to go to the king unsummoned, but begs Mordochai and all the Jews to unite in a three days' fast, during which she and her maidens will also fast, to seek by earnest humiliation God's gracious assistance in the step she proposes to take, for the purpose of averting the threatened destruction of her people. "Though 'God' and 'prayer' are not here mentioned, it is yet obviously assumed that it was before God that the Jews were to humble themselves, to seek His help, and to induce Him to grant it. 1 Kings 21:27-29; Joel 1:14; Jonah 3:5." (Berth.). To designate the strictness of this fasting, the words: "neither eat nor drink," are added. The "three days, night and day," are not to be reckoned as three times twenty-four hours, but to be understood of a fast which lasts till the third day after that on which it begins; for according to Esther 5:1, Esther goes to the king on the third day. Comp. the similar definition of time, Jonah 2:1. The addition "day and night" declares that the fast was not to be intermitted. וּבכן, and in thus, i.e., in this state of fasting. כּדּת לא אשׁר: which is not according to law. לא אשׁר is used, like the Aramaean form לא דּי, in the sense of without (comp. Ewald, 222, c): without according to law equals contrary to law. The last words: "if I perish, I perish," etc., are the expression not of despair, but of resignation, or perfect submission to the providence of God; comp. Genesis 43:14. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge If it seem. Proverbs 29:11 A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards. the banquet. Mishteh, from shathah, 'to drink,' a compotation, feast, or banquet accompanied with drinking; the drinking in the East being at the beginning, and not at the end of the entertainment. Olearius, describing an entertainment at the Persian court, says, 'The floor of the hall was covered with cotton cloth, which was covered with all sorts of fruits and sweetmeats in basons of gold. With them was served up excellent Shiraz wine. After an hour's time, the sweetmeats were removed, to make way for the more substantial part of the entertainment, such as rice, boiled and roast mutton, etc. When the company had been at table an hour and a half, warm water was brought, in a ewer of gold, for washing; and grace being said, they began to retire without speaking a word, according to the custom of the country.' Psalm 112:5 A good man shows favor, and lends: he will guide his affairs with discretion. Cross References Esther 5:3 And the king said to her, "What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of my kingdom." Esther 5:5 Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that we may do as Esther has asked." So the king and Haman came to the feast that Esther had prepared. Jump to Previous Banquet Dinner Esther Feast Good Haman Please Pleases Prepared Ready Seem Seems Today To-Day TogetherJump to Next Banquet Dinner Esther Feast Good Haman Please Pleases Prepared Ready Seem Seems Today To-Day TogetherLinks Esther 5:4 NIVEsther 5:4 NLT Esther 5:4 ESV Esther 5:4 NASB Esther 5:4 KJV Esther 5:4 Bible Apps Esther 5:4 Biblia Paralela Esther 5:4 Chinese Bible Esther 5:4 French Bible Esther 5:4 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |