Esther 7:3-6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

³ Queen Esther answered, ‘If I have found favour with you, Your Majesty, and if the king is pleased,^(A) spare my life; this is my request. And spare my people; this is my desire.^{(B) 4} For my people and I have been sold^(C) to destruction, death, and annihilation.^(D) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves,^(E) I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.’

⁵ King Ahasuerus spoke up and asked Queen Esther, ‘Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme? ’^[a](F)

⁶ Esther answered, ‘The adversary and enemy^(G) is this evil Haman.’

Haman stood terrified^(H) before the king and queen.