Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Now therefore, I have come to present this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. Your servant thought, ‘I will speak to the king. Perhaps he will grant the request of his maidservant.
World English Bible (WEB)
Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.’
Strong's King James
Now therefore that I am come{H935}{(H8804)} to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} of this thing{H1697} unto my lord{H113} the king{H4428}, it is because the people{H5971} have made me afraid{H3372}{(H8765)}: and thy handmaid{H8198} said{H559}{(H8799)}, I will now speak{H1696}{(H8762)} unto the king{H4428}; it may be that the king{H4428} will perform{H6213}{(H8799)} the request{H1697} of his handmaid{H519}.
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Young's Literal Translation
And now that I have come to speak unto the king my lord this word, it is because the people made me afraid, and thy maid-servant saith, Let me speak, I pray thee, unto the king; it may be the king doth do the word of his handmaid,
