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?'


In Context

2 and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, 'What is thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom — and it is done.'

3 And Esther the queen answereth and saith, 'If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king it be good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;

4 for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent — but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'

5 And 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?'

6 And Esther saith, 'The man — adversary and enemy — is this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.

7 And the king hath risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, unto the garden of the house, and Haman hath remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he hath seen that evil hath been 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 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?