6The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, |What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.|


In Context

3 Then the king asked her, |What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.|

4 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.|

5 Then the king said, |Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said.| So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

6 The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, |What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.|

7 Then Esther answered and said, |My petition and my request is this.

8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.|

Esther 5:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What [is] thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

5:6As they were drinking wine, the king again asked Esther, "Now what is your petition? It will be given you. And what is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be granted."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:6And the king said to her, after he had drunk wine plentifully: What dost thou desire should be given thee? and for what thing askest thou? although thou shouldst ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:6And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:6And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall he granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:6And the king saith to Esther, during the banquet of wine, 'What is thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom — and it is done.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:6And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is your petition? and it shall be granted you: and what is your request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.