Esther 5:4

5:4 Esther replied, “If the king is so inclined, 1  let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”

Esther 5:8

5:8 If I have found favor in the king’s sight and if the king is inclined 2  to grant my request and perform my petition, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them. At that time 3  I will do as the king wishes. 4 

1 tn Heb “If upon the king it is good”; NASB “If it please the king.”

2 tn Heb “if upon the king it is good.” Cf. the similar expression in v. 4, which also occurs in 7:3; 8:5; 9:13.

3 tn Heb “and tomorrow” (so NASB); NAB, NRSV “and then.”

4 tn Heb “I will do according to the word of the king,” i.e., answer the question that he has posed. Cf. NCV “Then I will answer your question about what I want.”