[Today’s English Version D.15; Revised Standard Version 15.15]

She fell fainting: literally “she fell from her faintness.” Today’s English Version adds the word “again” at the end of this verse, since Esther had already fainted once before (see comments on verse 7).

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Noss, Philip A. A Handbook on the Book of Esther — Deuterocanon: The Greek Text. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1997. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .