Est 7:4 | NET2full | STEP | For we have been sold —both I and my people —to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation . If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves , I would have remained silent , for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king .”

‏ Esther 7:4

4 For we have been sold ^{▼▼sn The passive verb (“have been sold”) is noncommittal and nonaccusatory with regard to the king’s role in the decision to annihilate the Jews.} —both I and my people—to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation. If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king.”