Esther 7:5

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?””

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BSBPD

“Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then 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?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, `Who <FI>is<Fi> he--this one? and where <FI>is<Fi> this one? --he whose heart hath filled him to do so?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Esther 7:5 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 27:33Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!”
  2. Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
  3. Acts 5:3Then Peter said, “Ananias, how is it that Satan has filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and withhold some of the proceeds from the land?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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