Greek Additions to EstherEastern OrthodoxyAccepted by Some TraditionsHebrew / Aramaic / Greek / Latin transmission varies by bookShareGreek Additions to Esther 14King James Apocrypha - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableKing James ApocryphaLanguageEnglishEspañol‹Greek Additions to Esther 1Greek Additions to Esther 10Greek Additions to Esther 11Greek Additions to Esther 12Greek Additions to Esther 13Greek Additions to Esther 14Greek Additions to Esther 15Greek Additions to Esther 16›Greek Additions to Esther 14Greek Additions to Esther 14ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Queen Esther also, being in fear of death, resorted unto the Lord: 2And laid away her glorious apparel, and put on the garments of anguish and mourning: and instead of precious ointments, she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body greatly, and all the places of her joy she filled with her torn hair. 3And she prayed unto the Lord God of Israel, saying, O my Lord, thou only art our King: help me, desolate woman, which have no helper but thee: 4For my danger is in mine hand. 5From my youth up I have heard in the tribe of my family that thou, O Lord, tookest Israel from among all people, and our fathers from all their predecessors, for a perpetual inheritance, and thou hast performed whatsoever thou didst promise them. 6And now we have sinned before thee: therefore hast thou given us into the hands of our enemies, 7Because we worshipped their gods: O Lord, thou art righteous. 8Nevertheless it satisfieth them not, that we are in bitter captivity: but they have stricken hands with their idols, 9That they will abolish the thing that thou with thy mouth hast ordained, and destroy thine inheritance, and stop the mouth of them that praise thee, and quench the glory of thy house, and of thine altar, 10And open the mouths of the heathen to set forth the praises of the idols, and to magnify a fleshly king for ever. 11O Lord, give not thy sceptre unto them that be nothing, and let them not laugh at our fall; but turn their device upon themselves, and make him an example, that hath begun this against us. 12Remember, O Lord, make thyself known in time of our affliction, and give me boldness, O King of the nations, and Lord of all power. 13Give me eloquent speech in my mouth before the lion: turn his heart to hate him that fighteth against us, that there may be an end of him, and of all that are likeminded to him: 14But deliver us with thine hand, and help me that am desolate, and which have no other help but thee. 15Thou knowest all things, O Lord; thou knowest that I hate the glory of the unrighteous, and abhor the bed of the uncircumcised, and of all the heathen. 16Thou knowest my necessity: for I abhor the sign of my high estate, which is upon mine head in the days wherein I shew myself, and that I abhor it as a menstruous rag, and that I wear it not when I am private by myself. 17And that thine handmaid hath not eaten at Aman’s table, and that I have not greatly esteemed the king’s feast, nor drunk the wine of the drink offerings. 18Neither had thine handmaid any joy since the day that I was brought hither to this present, but in thee, O Lord God of Abraham. 19O thou mighty God above all, hear the voice of the forlorn and deliver us out of the hands of the mischievous, and deliver me out of my fear. ‹Previous chapterGreek Additions to Esther 13Next chapterGreek Additions to Esther 15›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the United States via Project Gutenberg