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


In Context

2 And the king said to her again the second day, after he was warm with wine: What is thy petition, Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what wilt thou have done: although thou ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it.

3 Then she answered: If I have found Favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for which I request.

4 For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king.

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

6 And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen.

7 But the king being angry rose up, and went from the place of the banquet into the garden set with trees. Aman also rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his life, for he understood that evil was prepared for 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 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?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:5Then 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?