American Standard Version
Esther 7:6
6And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
Esther 7:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- New International Version (NIV)Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman!” So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
Context of Esther 7:6
4for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s damage. 5Then spake the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. 7And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. 8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
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וַתֹּ֣אמֶר־אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אִ֚ישׁ צַ֣ר וְאוֹיֵ֔ב הָמָ֥ן הָרָ֖ע הַזֶּ֑ה וְהָמָ֣ן נִבְעַ֔ת מִלִּפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Esther 7:6
- 1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.
- Psalms 27:2When evil-doers came upon me to eat up my flesh, Even mine adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 139:19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: Depart from me therefore, ye bloodthirsty men.
- Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, Peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;
- Ecclesiastes 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a province, marvel not at the matter: for one higher than the high regardeth; and there are higher than they.
- 1 Corinthians 5:13But them that are without God judgeth. Put away the wicked man from among yourselves.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;
- Nehemiah 6:16And it came to pass, when all our enemies heardthereof, that all the nations that were about us feared, and were much cast down in their own eyes; for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
- Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
- Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
- Psalms 73:5They are not in trouble asothermen; Neither are they plagued likeothermen.
- Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king isasmessengers of death; But a wise man will pacify it.
- Isaiah 21:4My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.
- Daniel 5:5In the same hour came forth the fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaster of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
Commentaries on Esther 7:6
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7Esther identified wicked Haman as the enemy. Haman stood in terror: The queen's accusation and the king's anger made Haman's fate clear.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-64. we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed--that is, by the cruel and perfidious scheme of that man, who offered an immense sum of money to purchase our extermination. Esther dwelt on his contemplated atrocity, in a variety of expressions, which both evinced the depth of her own emotions, and were intended to awaken similar feelings in the king's breast. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue--Though a great calamity…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Esther 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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