Esther 7:6

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

In Context

5And king Ahasuerus spoke and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he that has filled his heart to do so?

7And the king in his wrath rose up from the banquet of wine, [and went] into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to make request for his life to Esther the queen, for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked; but my hand shall not be upon thee.

Esther 3:10And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

Job 18:5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.

Psalms 73:5They have not the hardships of mankind, neither are they plagued like [other] men:

Psalms 139:19Oh that thou wouldest slay the wicked, O God! And ye men of blood, depart from me.

Proverbs 24:24He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous, peoples shall curse him, nations shall abhor him;

Matthew Henry on Esther 7:2-7

Haman Accused by Esther. ( b. c. 510.) 1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: 4… Read the whole commentary →

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