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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Esther replied, “This wicked Haman is our adversary and our enemy.” Haman grew pale with fright before the king and queen.

Context of Esther 7:6

4For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.” 5King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who has dared to do such a thing?” Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen. 7The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life. 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, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?” As soon as the word 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• The adversaryצַרtsar tsâr · enemyH6862
• The adversaryאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• and enemyאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• this wickedרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• Hamanהָמָןhâmân · HamanH2001
• was afraidבָּעַתbâ‛ath · to terrifyH1204
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• and the queenמַלְכָּהmalkâh · queenH4436

Cross-references for Esther 7:6

• 1 Samuel 24:13As the old saying goes, ‘From evildoers come evil deeds,’ so my hand will not touch you.
• Psalms 27:2When the wicked advance against me to devour me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.
• Psalms 139:19If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
• Proverbs 24:24Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights denied, do not be surprised at such things; for one official is eyed by a higher one, and over them both are others higher still.
• 1 Corinthians 5:13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will overthrow with the breath of his mouth and destroy by the splendor of his coming.
• Nehemiah 6:16When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and lost their self-confidence, because they realized that this work had been done with the help of our God.
• Job 15:21Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
• Job 18:5“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
• Psalms 73:5They are free from common human burdens; they are not plagued by human ills.
• Proverbs 16:14A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but the wise will appease it.
• Isaiah 21:4My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.
• Daniel 5:5Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. The king watched the hand as it 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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In the dictionaries

• Esther
• 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