Esther 7:6

And Esther said, A man who is an adversary and enemy, this wicked Haman. And, Haman, was terrified, before the king and the queen.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

5Then spake King Ahasuerus, and said unto Esther the queen,—Who is he now, and where is he, whose heart is set to act thus?

7Now, the king, arising in his wrath from the banquet of wine, and going into the palace garden, Haman, stood to make request for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw that ruin, was determined against him, by the king.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the lawless, proceedeth lawlessness,—mine own hand, therefore shall not be upon thee.

Esther 3:10So then the king took his signet-ring from off his hand, and gave it unto Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the adversary of the Jews;

Job 18:5Even the light of the lawless, shall go out,—Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;

Psalms 73:5Of the toil of weak mortals, have they none, Nor, with the sons of earth, are they hard smitten.

Psalms 139:19Wilt thou not, O GOD, slay the lawless one? Therefore, ye men of bloodshed, depart from me!

Proverbs 24:24He that saith to the lawless man, Righteous, thou art, peoples shall denounce him, populations shall curse 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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