Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”
Parallel translations
- 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?
- BSB Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
- ESV Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared to do this?”
- NKJV So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?”
- NASB Then King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would presume to do such a thing?”
- NLT “Who would do such a thing?” King Xerxes demanded. “Who would be so presumptuous as to touch you?”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of its judges. If not he, then who is it?
- Gen 27:33Isaac trembled violently, and said, “Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed.”
- Acts 5:3But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
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