Esther 7:6
4 For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
5 Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
7 In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
8 Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
- KJV
- And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- WEB
- Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- ASV
- And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- DARBY
- And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
- BLB
- And Esther said, “A man, an adversary, and enemy [is] this, the evil Haman.” And Haman was terrified from before the faces of the king and the queen.
- ÅB
- Ester svarte: En motstander og fiende, denne onde Haman der! Da ble Haman forferdet for kongens og dronningens åsyn.
- OTB
- Ester sa, “En motstander og fiende! Denne onde Haman!” Da ble Haman skrekkslagen foran kongen og dronningen.
- B1930
- Ester svarte: En motstander og fiende, denne onde Haman der! Da blev Haman forferdet for kongens og dronningens åsyn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 18:5–12
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
Read in context1 Corinthians 5:13
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
Read in contextPsalms 139:19–22
O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
Read in contextPsalms 27:2
When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
Read in context1 Samuel 24:13
As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
Read in contextJob 15:21–22
Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
Read in contextPsalms 73:17–20
until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
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