Esther 5:8

5:8 If I have found favor in the king’s sight and if the king is inclined ¹  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 ²  I will do as the king wishes. ³ 

Esther 7:3

7:3 Queen Esther replied, “If I have met with your approval, ⁴  O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition.

¹ 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.

² tn Heb “and tomorrow” (so NASB); NAB, NRSV “and then.”

³ 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.”

⁴ tn Heb “If I have found grace in your eyes” (so also in 8:5); TEV “If it please Your Majesty.”