Esther 5:4
“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
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.
Esther said, “If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- If it seem
- Esther 5:8; Proverbs 29:11
- the banquet
- {Mishteh,} from {shathah,} "to drink," acompotation. 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."
- Esther 5:8; Esther 3:15; Genesis 27:25; Genesis 32:20; Psalm 112:5; 1 Corinthians 14:20