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Esther 6:4

HamanMordecai

2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5 And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

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BSB
“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
KJV
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
WEB
The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king’s house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
ASV
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king`s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
DARBY
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
BLB
And the king said, “Who [is] in the court?” And Haman had come into the outer court of the house of the king to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him.
ÅB
Så sa kongen: Hvem er det som er ute i gården? Da var Haman just kommet inn i den ytre gård til kongens hus for å be kongen om at Mordekai måtte bli hengt i den galge han hadde gjort i stand for ham.
OTB
Kongen sa da: “Hvem er i gården?” Nå hadde Haman nettopp kommet inn i den ytre gården av palasset for å snakke med kongen om å henge Mordekai på galgen han hadde forberedt for ham.
B1930
Så sa kongen: Hvem er det som er ute i gården? Da var Haman just kommet inn i den ytre gård til kongens hus for å be kongen om at Mordekai måtte bli hengt i den galge han hadde gjort i stand for ham.

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  • Esther 5:14

    Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

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  • Esther 4:11

    All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

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  • Esther 5:1

    Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

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  • Psalms 2:4

    He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision.

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  • Job 5:13

    He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.

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  • Proverbs 3:27–28

    Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.

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  • Psalms 33:19

    To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

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  • Esther 7:9

    And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

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