Esther 7 (MSG)

10 verses · The Message · Contemporary paraphrase

The Message by Eugene Peterson presents the Bible in the rhythms and idioms of contemporary American English. More than a translation, it is a paraphrase designed to help readers experience Scripture's impact as if hearing it for the first time.

Esther Chapter 7 contains 10 verses and is presented here in the The Message (MSG), which uses a contemporary paraphrase approach. Read the full text below, compare with other translations, or navigate to any of the 10 chapters in Esther.

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1So the king and Haman went to dinner with Queen Esther.

2At this second dinner, while they were drinking wine the king again asked, "Queen Esther, what would you like? Half of my kingdom! Just ask and it's yours."

3Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor in your eyes, O King, and if it please the king, give me my life, and give my people their lives.

4"We've been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed—sold to be massacred, eliminated. If we had just been sold off into slavery, I wouldn't even have brought it up; our troubles wouldn't have been worth bothering the king over."

5King Xerxes exploded, "Who? Where is he? This is monstrous!"

6"An enemy. An adversary. This evil Haman," said Esther. Haman was terror-stricken before the king and queen.

7The king, raging, left his wine and stalked out into the palace garden. Haman stood there pleading with Queen Esther for his life—he could see that the king was finished with him and that he was doomed.

8As the king came back from the palace garden into the banquet hall, Haman was groveling at the couch on which Esther reclined. The king roared out, "Will he even molest the queen while I'm just around the corner?" When that word left the king's mouth, all the blood drained from Haman's face.

9Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, spoke up: "Look over there! There's the gallows that Haman had built for Mordecai, who saved the king's life. It's right next to Haman's house—seventy-five feet high!" The king said, "Hang him on it!"

10So Haman was hanged on the very gallows that he had built for Mordecai. And the king's hot anger cooled.

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What is Esther 7 in the MSG?

Esther 7 in the The Message (MSG) contains 10 verses. The MSG uses a contemporary paraphrase approach, first published in 2002.

How does the MSG translate Esther 7 differently?

The The Message uses contemporary paraphrase, rendering the text as a modern paraphrase in contemporary idioms. Compare this with the NIV (dynamic equivalence) version of Esther 7 for a different perspective.

How many verses are in Esther 7 (MSG)?

Esther Chapter 7 contains 10 verses in the The Message. The book of Esther has 10 chapters total.

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