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Esther 6:14

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12 Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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BSB
While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
KJV
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
WEB
While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
ASV
While they were yet talking with him, came the king`s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
DARBY
While they were yet talking with him, the king's chamberlains came, and hasted to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
BLB
They [were] still speaking with him, and the eunuchs of the king arrived, and they hastened to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had made.
ÅB
Mens de enda talte med ham, kom kongens hoffmenn for i all hast å føre Haman til det gjestebud Ester hadde stelt til.
OTB
Mens de fortsatt snakket med ham, kom kongens evnukker og brakte raskt Haman til banketten Ester hadde forberedt.
B1930
Mens de ennu talte med ham, kom kongens hoffmenn for i all hast å føre Haman til det gjestebud Ester hadde stelt til.

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  • Esther 5:8

    If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”

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  • Esther 5:14

    His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:35–36

    Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

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