THEOSISEsther 5:4Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
But she answered: If it please the king, I beseech thee to come to me this day, and Aman with thee to the banquet which I have prepared.
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ט֑וֹב יָב֨וֹא הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ וְהָמָן֙ הַיּ֔וֹם אֶל־הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁר־עָשִׂ֥יתִי לֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 29:11A fool uttereth all his mind: a wise man deferreth, and keepeth it till afterwards.
- Esth 5:8If I have found favour in the king's sight, and if it please the king to give me what I ask, and to fulfil my petition: let the king and Aman come to the banquet which I have prepared them, and to morrow I will open my mind to the king.
- Esth 3:15The couriers that were sent made haste to fulfil the king's commandment. And immediately the edict was hung up in Susan, the king and Aman feasting together, and all the Jews that were in the city weeping.
- 1 Cor 14:20Brethren, do not become children in sense. But in malice be children: and in sense be perfect.
- Gen 32:20And ye shall add: Thy servant Jacob himself also followeth after us; for he said: I will appease him with the presents that go before, and afterwards I will see him, perhaps he will be gracious to me.
- Ps 112 (111):5
- Gen 27:25Then he said: Bring me the meats of thy hunting, my son, that my soul may bless thee. And when they were brought, and he had eaten, he offered him wine also, which after he had drunk,