5Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that dared presume in his heart to do so?


In Context

2 And the king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is your petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted you: and what is your request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for slaves and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that dared presume in his heart to do so?

6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

Esther 7:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:5King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, "Who is he? Where is the man who has dared to do such a thing?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:5And king Assuerus answered and said: Who is this, and of what power, that he should do these things?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5And king Ahasuerus spoke and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he that has filled his heart to do so?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, |Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:5And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, 'Who is he — this one? and where is this one? — he whose heart hath filled him to do so?'