Ester 5:4

5:4 Esther replied, “If the king is so inclined, ¹  let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”

Ester 9:4

9:4 Mordecai was of high rank ²  in the king’s palace, and word about him was spreading throughout all the provinces. His influence ³  continued to become greater and greater.

[5:4]  ¹ tn Heb “If upon the king it is good”; NASB “If it please the king.”

[9:4]  ² tn Heb “great”; NRSV “powerful”; NIV “prominent”; NCV “very important.”

[9:4]  ³ tn Heb “the man Mordecai” (so NASB, NRSV).