Esther 7:6

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 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.” 5Then 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. 7In 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. 8Just 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.

Esther 7:6 word by word

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר־אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אִ֚ישׁ צַ֣ר וְאוֹיֵ֔ב הָמָ֥ן הָרָ֖ע הַזֶּ֑ה וְהָמָ֣ן נִבְעַ֔ת מִלִּפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• Estherאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• repliedאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• The adversaryצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862
• and enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• is thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• wicked manרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• Hamanהָמָןhâmân · HamanH2001
• stood in terrorבָּעַתbâ‛ath · to terrifyH1204
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and queenמַלְכָּהmalkâh · queenH4436

Cross-references for Esther 7:6

• 1 Samuel 24:13As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
• Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
• Psalms 139:19O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
• Proverbs 24:24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
• Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
• 1 Corinthians 5:13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8And 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.
• Nehemiah 6:16When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
• Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
• Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
• Psalms 73:5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
• Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
• Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.
• Daniel 5:5At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,

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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In the dictionaries

• Esther
• Esther, Hadassah
• Banquet
• Esther, Book of

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