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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Esther 8:5

She useth various expressions, that she might insinuate herself into the king's favour, by such a full and repeated resignation and submission of herself to the king's good pleasure. To reverse the letters devised by Haman; she prudently takes off all the envy and hatefulness of the action from the king, and lays it upon Haman, who had for his own wicked and selfish ends contrived the whole business, and circumvented the king in it; which she allegeth as a reason why it should be repealed, because it was surreptitiously and craftily procured.

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See also Esther 8:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    MORDECAI'S EXALTATION AND THE SECOND PROCLAMATION CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Mordecai's exaltation (Esther 8:1)_ 2. Esther's second petition (Esther 8:3) 3. The second proclamation (Esther 8:9) 4. The joy of...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ESTHER 8. THE KING DECREES THAT THE JEWS MAY DEFEND THEMSELVES. We come now to one of the most important parts of the tale. Esther has seen Haman pass out to death not, be it noted, at her request. No...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    IF IT PLEASE THE KING. Note the _Alternation_ in this verse: The king. "If it please the king. "Esther. "And if. have found favour. "The king. "And... before the king. "Esther. "And. be pleasing in hi...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _If it please etc._ The long preface to the definite request shews some doubt on Esther's part whether it will be granted. _to reverse the letters devised by Haman … which he wrote_ She is careful to...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. Monarch's Reparation TEXT: Esther 8:3-8 3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and hi...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND SAID, IF IT PLEASE THE KING, AND IF I HAVE FOUND FAVOUR IN HIS SIGHT, AND THE THING SEEM RIGHT BEFORE THE KING, AND I BE PLEASING IN HIS EYES, LET IT BE WRITTEN TO REVERSE THE LETTERS DEVISED BY...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    TO REVERSE. — Rather, _to bring back, to recall._ Esther shows considerable skill in wording her request. She avoids speaking of the _king’s_ letters, but calls them “the letters, the device of _Haman...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ֠ תֹּאמֶר אִם ־עַל ־הַ מֶּ֨לֶךְ טֹ֜וב

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    COURAGE REWARDED Esther 8:1 The ring symbolized royal power and authority; by this sign Mordecai was suddenly raised to the position formerly held by Haman. He also managed for Esther the large estat...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The deposition and death of Haman issued naturally in the promotion of Mordecai. However, the peril to his people was not yet averted. The royal proclamation had gone forth that on the thirteenth day...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    To him. Hebrew adds, "and I be pleasing in his eyes," which had been expressed just before. Yet she might insist on this point, as it shewed a greater regard for the king's pleasure. --- I beseech. He...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (5) And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _THE BOOK OF ESTHER_ ‘Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus … that in those days … Esther arose, and stood before the king, and said, … how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my...

  • John Brown Commentaries Selected Books of the Bible

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND SAID, IF IT PLEASE THE KING, AND IF I HAVE FOUND FAVOUR IN HIS SIGHT, AND THE THING SEEM RIGHT BEFORE THE KING, AND I BE PLEASING IN HIS EYES,.... This heap of phrases, which signify much the same...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing [seem] right before the king, and I [be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then the king held out the golden sceptre_ Esther had presumed to come a second time into the king's presence without being called: which he did not take ill, but by this token graciously invited her...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    MORDECAI ADVANCED...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    A SECOND EDICT CONCERNING THE JEWS (vv. 1-17) In all of the history we have considered, we cannot but discern the working of God as will be the case in the Great Tribulation period.Mordecai is a typ...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    DEVISED: _ Heb._ the device WHICH HE WROTE: Or, who wrote...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    3-14 It was time to be earnest, when the church of God was at stake. Esther, though safe herself, fell down and begged for the deliverance of her people. We read of no tears when she begged for her o...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Esther 8:5 said H559 (H8799) pleases H2896 king H4428 found H4672 (H8804) favor H2580 sight H6440 thing...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The vengeance order of Ahasuerus. CHARACTERS: Ahasuerus, Esther, Mordecai. CONCLUSION: Let the odds be against God's people, they have but to include God in their faith and He will open wa...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Esther 8:1. _On that day did the king give._ The LXX read, “In that day king Artaxerxes gave to queen Esther all the substance of the diabolical Haman;” that is, all his estates, and servants, and cat...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people._ GREAT CHANGES The world is full of changes. There are no elements of stability belonging to it. When all appears fair and promis...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ESTHER—NOTE ON ESTHER 8:3 Haman was dead, but the decree he had issued with the king’s authority was still in force, for AN EDICT... CANNOT BE REVOKED (v. Esther 8:8; compare

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] ESTHER 8:5.] The introductory formula are in part similar to those used before, but strengthened by the introduction of two new phrases. LET IT BE WRITTEN TO REVERSE THE LETTERS] Per...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION HAMAN'S HOUSE GIVEN TO ESTHER, AND THE KING'S SIGNET MADE OVER.TO MORDECAI (Esther 8:1,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So on that day the king Ahasuerus did give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. [He gave the house to her.] And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to h...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 20:29; Esther 2:17; Esther 2:4; Esther 3:12; Esther 3:13;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    If &c. — She uses various expressions, that she might confirm the king's favour, by such a full submission to his good pleasure. Haman — She prudently takes off the hatefulness of the action from the...

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