Esther (Greek) · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Esther (Greek) 6 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Notes on this text (1)
- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 But the Lord removed sleep from the king that night: and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
1 The Lord removed sleep from the king that night; so he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of daily events, to read to him.
2 And he found the records written concerning Mordecai, how he had told the king concerning the two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes.
2 And he found the records written concerning Mordecai, how he had told the king about the king’s two chamberlains, when they were keeping guard, and sought to lay hands on Ahasuerus.
3 And the king said, What honor or favor have we done to Mordecai? And the king’s servants said, Thou hast not done anything to him.
3 The king said, “What honor or favor have we done for Mordecai?” The king’s servants said, “You haven’t done anything for him.”
4 And while the king was inquiring about the kindness of Mordecai, behold, Haman [was] in the court. And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mordecai on the gallows, which he had prepared.
4 And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mordecai, behold, Haman was in the court. The king said, “Who is in the court? Now Haman had come in to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared.
5 And the king’s servants said, Behold, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Call him.
5 The king’s servants said, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.” And the king said, “Call him!”
6 And the king said to Haman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honor? And Haman said within himself, Whom would the king honor but myself?
6 The king said to Haman, “What should I do for the man whom I wish to honor?” Haman said within himself, “Whom would the king honor but myself?”
7 and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honor,
7 He said to the king, “As for the man whom the king wishes to honor,
8 let the king’s servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides,
8 let the king’s servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides,
9 and let him give [it] to one of the king’s noble friends, and let him array the man whom the king loves; and let him mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the street of the city, saying, Thus shall it be [done] to every man whom the king honors.
9 and let him give it to one of the king’s noble friends, and let him dress the man whom the king loves. Let him mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the streets of the city, saying, “This is what will be done for every man whom the king honors!”
10 Then the king said to Haman, Thou hast well said: so do to Mordecai the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what thou hast spoken be neglected.
10 Then the king said to Haman, “You have spoken well. Do so for Mordecai the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what you have spoken be neglected!”
11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honor.
11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, dressed Mordecai, mounted him on the horse, and went through the streets of the city, proclaiming, “This is what will be done for every man whom the king wishes to honor.”
12 And Mordecai returned to the palace: but Haman went home mourning, and having his head covered.
12 Then Mordecai returned to the palace; but Haman went home mourning, with his head covered.
13 And Haman related the events that had befallen him to Zeresh his wife, and to [his] friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, If Mordecai [be] of the race of the Jews, [and] thou hast begun to be humbled before him, thou wilt assuredly fall, and thou wilt not be able to withstand him, for the living God [is] with him.
13 Haman related the events that had happened to him to Zeresh his wife and to his friends. His friends and his wife said to him, “If Mordecai is of the race of the Jews, and you have begun to be humbled before him, you will assuredly fall; and you will not be able to withstand him, for the living God is with him.”
14 While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
14 While they were still speaking, the chamberlains arrived to rush Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
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Zeresh
Haman’s wife, who with his friends advised building a gallows fifty cubits high for Mordecai and later warned Haman he would fall before him.
Cited in the guide: Esther 5:10; Esther 5:14; Esther 6:13
Cross references (13)
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- 1 Daniel 2:1; Daniel 6:18; Romans 11:33; Isaiah 41:17; Esther 5:8
- 2 Esther 2:21–22
- 3 Ecclesiastes 9:15; Genesis 40:23; 1 Samuel 17:25–26; Daniel 5:16; Judges 1:12–13
- 4 Esther 5:14; Esther 4:11; Esther 5:1; Psalm 2:4; Job 5:13
- 6 Proverbs 16:18; Obadiah 3; Esther 6:9; Proverbs 18:12; Jeremiah 32:41
- 7 Esther 6:11; Esther 6:9
- 8 1 Kings 1:33; Esther 2:17; Esther 1:11; Luke 15:22; 1 Samuel 18:4
- 9 Genesis 41:43; 1 Kings 1:33–34; Zechariah 9:9
- 10 Daniel 4:37; 2 Kings 10:10; Revelation 18:7; Luke 14:11
- 11 Luke 1:52; Esther 9:3; Isaiah 60:14; Ezra 6:13; Esther 8:15
- 12 2 Samuel 15:30; Jeremiah 14:3–4; 1 Kings 21:4; Job 20:5; Job 9:24
- 13 Proverbs 28:18; Hosea 14:9; Genesis 40:19; Daniel 2:12; Daniel 5:26–28
- 14 Esther 5:8; Esther 5:14; Deuteronomy 32:35–36
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