Esther 3:11

3:11 The king replied to Haman, “Keep your money, ¹  and do with those people whatever you wish.” ² 

Esther 7:3

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

[3:11]  ¹ tn Heb “the silver is given to you”; NRSV “the money is given to you”; CEV “You can keep their money.” C. A. Moore (Esther [AB], 40) understands these words somewhat differently, taking them to imply acceptance of the money on Xerxes’ part. He translates, “Well, it’s your money.”

[3:11]  ² tn Heb “according to what is good in your eyes”; NASB “do with them as you please.”

[7:3]  ³ tn Heb “If I have found grace in your eyes” (so also in 8:5); TEV “If it please Your Majesty.”