Esther 9:25
23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
27 The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;
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- BSB
- But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- KJV
- But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- WEB
- but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plan, which he had planned against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- ASV
- but when [the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- DARBY
- and when [Esther] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head; and they hanged him and his sons on the gallows.
- BLB
- And when she came in before the face of the king, he said with the letter [that] his evil plot, which he had plotted against the Jews, should return [back] upon his own head, and [that] he and his sons should be hanged on the tree.
- ÅB
- men da det kom kongen for øre, hadde han ved et brev påbudt at det onde råd han hadde lagt opp mot jødene, skulle vende tilbake på hans eget hode, så han selv og hans sønner ble hengt i galgen.
- OTB
- Men da saken kom kongen for øre, utstedte han skriftlige ordrer om at den onde planen Haman hadde utformet mot jødene skulle vende tilbake på hans eget hode, og at han og hans sønner skulle henges på galger.
- B1930
- men da det kom kongen for øre, hadde han ved et brev påbudt at det onde råd han hadde lagt op mot jødene, skulde vende tilbake på hans eget hode, så han selv og hans sønner blev hengt i galgen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 7:16
His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Read in contextMatthew 21:44
And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Read in contextPsalms 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape.
Read in contextEsther 7:5–8:14
Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Read in contextEsther 9:13–14
Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.
Read in contextPsalms 109:17–18
As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Read in contextPsalms 140:9
As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.
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