Discovery BoxEsther 5:4 
Context5:4 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
Context5:8 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.”
