Verse 5
Esther 8:5
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor 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 that are in all the king’s provinces:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ֠/תֹּאמֶר אִם עַל הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ ט֜וֹב וְ/אִם מָצָ֧אתִי חֵ֣ן לְ/פָנָ֗י/ו וְ/כָשֵׁ֤ר הַ/דָּבָר֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ וְ/טוֹבָ֥ה אֲנִ֖י בְּ/עֵינָ֑י/ו יִכָּתֵ֞ב לְ/הָשִׁ֣יב אֶת הַ/סְּפָרִ֗ים מַחֲשֶׁ֜בֶת הָמָ֤ן בֶּֽן הַמְּדָ֨תָא֙ הָ/אֲגָגִ֔י אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּתַ֗ב לְ/אַבֵּד֙ אֶת הַ/יְּהוּדִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֖ר בְּ/כָל מְדִינ֥וֹת הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And she said, "If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter is right before the king, and I am good in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman son of Hamdata the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king."
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