Esther 7 ASV/NIV - Online Parallel Bible  American Standard
Version (ASV) New International Version (NIV) 1 So the king and
Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 1 So the king and
Haman went to dine with Queen Esther, 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 bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace,
although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's
damage. 4 For I and my people have been sold for destruction and
slaughter and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as male
and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such
distress would justify disturbing the king. " 5 Then 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? 5 King
Xerxes asked Queen Esther, "Who is he? Where is the man who has
dared to do such a thing?" 6 And Esther said, An adversary and
an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before
the king and the