Revised Webster's Bible
Esther 7:10
10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
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
8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen upon the couch on which Esther was . Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face. 9And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him on it. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Read all of Esther 7Esther 7:10 word by word
וַיִּתְלוּ֙ אֶת־הָמָ֔ן עַל־הָעֵ֖ץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִ֣ין לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י וַחֲמַ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שָׁכָֽכָה׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Esther 7:10
- Judges 15:7And Samson said to them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.
- Ezekiel 5:13Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
- Zechariah 6:8Then he cried upon me, and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.
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
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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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