Esther 8:3 (DBY)

Passage

And Esther spoke 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 his device which he had devised against the Jews.

Nearby Context

Esther 8:1 On that day did king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' oppressor to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

Esther 8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

Esther 8:3 And Esther spoke 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 his device which he had devised against the Jews.

Esther 8:4 And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,

Esther 8:5 and said, If it please the king and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem right to the king, and I be pleasing in his sight, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "esther", "spoke", "again", "before", "king", "fell", "down", and "feet". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "esther" and "spoke", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "And the king took off his ring..." into verse 4's "And the king held out the golden...", so "esther" and "spoke" belong inside that flow. In Esther context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "esther" and "spoke" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.