Read Esther 8:5 Using Other Translations
Esther rose and stood before the king.
What does Esther 8:5 mean?
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 thing, are used to work upon the king's affections, and to show how submissive she was to his will:
Esther 8:5
Then she said, "If it pleases the king and if I have found favor before him and the matter seems proper to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.
Dr. Constable's Expository Notes
Esther again had to argue her case, this time for clemency for the Jews. Her request involved expense to the king. Esther would not have been sure he would grant it. Ahasuerus could have spared the life of the queen and Mordecai and let the rest of their fellow Jews perish.
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 thing, are used to work upon the king's affections, and to show how submissive she was to his will: