Esther 7:9
Esther chapter 7 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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 thereon.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon.
Context
v.8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
v.9This passage
v.10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 141:10
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, Whilst that I withal escape.
- Psalms 9:15
The nations are sunk down in the pit that they made: In the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
- Psalms 73:19
How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Daniel 6:7
All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
- Psalms 7:15
He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.
- 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.