Esther 7:10

Esther 7:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
• New International Version (NIV)So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.
• English Standard Version (ESV)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.

Context of Esther 7:10

8Now when the king returned from the palace garden into the place where they had been drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face. 9Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who stood before the king, said, “Indeed, behold, the wooden gallows standing at Haman’s house fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good in behalf of the king!” And the king said, “Hang him on it.” So they hanged Haman on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

Esther 7:10 word by word

וַיִּתְלוּ֙ אֶת־הָמָ֔ן עַל־הָעֵ֖ץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִ֣ין לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י וַחֲמַ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שָׁכָֽכָה׃ פRead the interlinear

• So they hangedתָּלָהtâlâh · to hangH8518
• on the woodenעֵץ‛êts · tree: stakeH6086
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• he had preparedכּוּןkûn · to establish: prepareH3559
• for Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782
• and the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• angerחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• subsidedשָׁכַךְshâkak · to subsideH7918

Cross-references for Esther 7:10

• Judges 15:7Then Samson said to them, “If this is how you act, I will certainly take revenge on you, and only after that will I stop.”
• Ezekiel 5:13‘Then My anger will be spent and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be appeased; then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in My zeal, when I have spent My wrath upon them.
• Zechariah 6:8Then He called out to me and spoke to me, saying, “See, those who are going to the land of the north have appeased My wrath in the land of the north.”

Commentaries on Esther 7:10

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-10Verses 7-10 The king was angry: those that do things with self-will, reflect upon them afterward with self-reproach. When angry, we should pause before we come to any resolution, and thus rule our own spirits, and show that we are governed by reason. Those that are most haughty and insolent when in power and prosperity, commonly, like Haman, are the most abject and poor-spirited when brought down. The day is coming when those that hate and persecute God's…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai--He has not been the only plotter of mischief whose feet have been taken in the net which they hid (Psa 9:15). But never was condemnation more just, and retribution more merited, than the execution of that gigantic criminal.Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 7:10

• Gallows
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In the dictionaries

• Mordecai
• Banquet
• Esther
• Haman
• Esther, Book of
• Punishments
• Crucifixion

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