Esther 6:14
What does Esther 6:14 mean?
A plain-English look at Esther 6:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Esther 6:14 means
While Haman’s household is still speaking, the king’s chamberlains arrive and hurry him to Esther’s banquet. He is swept along by forces he no longer steers. The haste underscores the unstoppable momentum of events now moving against him. The banquet, arranged by Esther, will become the arena where hidden identities and secret plots are revealed. Haman’s time to regroup is gone; his pride-driven plans have narrowed into a path he cannot escape. The verse closes with tension high and judgment near, showing how swiftly human schemes can be overtaken by the purposes at work through a faithful queen’s timing.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000While they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901While they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949While they were still talking, the king's servants came to take Haman to the feast which Esther had made ready.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862They are yet speaking with him, and eunuchs of the king have come, and haste to bring in Haman unto the banquet that Esther hath made.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752As they were yet speaking, the king's eunuchs came, and compelled him to go quickly to the banquet which the queen had prepared.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890While they were yet talking with him, the king's chamberlains came, and hasted to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Context
This closing note connects the private forewarning of Haman’s fall to the public setting where it will occur. The chapter has charted a dramatic reversal: Mordecai honored, Haman humbled. With Haman hurried to Esther’s banquet, the narrative moves seamlessly into the confrontation of chapter 7. The frame helps readers see this chapter as the hinge of the book, where providence turns the story from threat toward deliverance.
v.13And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
- Esther 5:8
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.
- Esther 5:14
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.