^7:9Then they said to one another, “It’s not right what we’re doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven’t told anyone.¹⁷ If we wait until dawn,¹⁸ we’ll be punished.¹⁹ So come on, let’s go and inform the royal palace.”

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Footnotes

17 Heb “this day is a day of good news and we are keeping silent.”
18 Heb “the light of the morning.”
19 Heb “punishment will find us.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come; let us go and tell the king’s household.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then they said to each other, “What we’re doing is not right. This is a day of good news and we are keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until daylight, punishment will overtake us. Let’s go at once and report this to the royal palace.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then they said to each other, “We’re not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our punishment will catch up with us. So let’s go tell the king’s household.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Finally, they said to each other, “This is not right. This is a day of good news, and we aren’t sharing it with anyone! If we wait until morning, some calamity will certainly fall upon us. Come on, let’s go back and tell the people at the palace.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news! If we are silent and wait until the light of morning, we will be punished. So then, come, let us go and tell the house of the king.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king’s household.

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