^2:6Then the king, with his consort⁹ sitting beside him, replied, “How long would your trip take, and when would you return?” Since the king was amenable to dispatching me,¹⁰ I gave him a time.

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Footnotes

9 Or “queen,” so most English versions (cf. שֵׁגַל); “empress.”
10 Heb “It was good before the king and he sent me.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the king said to me (the queen sitting beside him), “How long will you be gone, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me when I had given him a time.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?” It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So I gave him a definite time, and it pleased the king to send me.

NLTNew Living Translation

The king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked, “How long will you be gone? When will you return?” After I told him how long I would be gone, the king agreed to my request.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

With the queen sitting beside him, the king said to me, “How long will your journey be and when will you return?” So it pleased the king and he sent me, and I set for him an appointed time.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

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