Esther 7:6

And Esther says, “The man—adversary and enemy—[is] this wicked Haman”; and Haman has been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.

Literal Standard Version

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 says, indeed, he says to Esther the queen, “Who [is] he—this one? And where [is] this one whose heart has filled him to do so?”

7And the king has risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, to the garden of the house, and Haman has remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he has seen that evil has been determined against him by the king.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:13as the allegory of the ancients says, Wickedness goes out from the wicked, and my hand is not on you.

Esther 3:10And the king turns aside his signet from off his hand, and gives it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of the Jews;

Job 18:5Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there does not shine a spark of his fire.

Psalms 73:5They are not in the misery of mortals, || And they are not plagued with common men.

Psalms 139:19Do You slay, O God, the wicked? Then, men of blood, turn aside from me!

Proverbs 24:24Whoever is saying to the wicked, “You [are] righteous,” || Peoples execrate him—nations 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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