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Esther 7:5

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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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙vai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ'a.chash.ve.Ro.oshAhasuerusH325 →
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
לְאֶסְתֵּ֣רle.'es.Terto EstherH635 →
הַמַּלְכָּ֑הha.mal.Kahthe queenH4436 →
מִ֣יmiwho?H4310 →
ה֥וּאhu'[is] heH1931 →
זֶה֙zehthisH2088 →
וְאֵֽי־ve.'ei-and where?H335 →
זֶ֣הzehthisH2088 →
ה֔וּאHu'[is] heH1931 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whomH834 →
מְלָא֥וֹme.la.'Oit has filled himH4390 →
לִבּ֖וֹli.Boheart hisH3820 →
לַעֲשׂ֥וֹתla.'a.Sotto doH6213 →
כֵּֽן׃KenthusH3651 →

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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!”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?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?Esther 9:25But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.John 13:25Leaning back against Jesus, he asked, “Lord, who is it?”Job 18:8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

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Esther Accuses Haman — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Esther Accuses Haman — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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