Esther 7:6
in Esther 7Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
KJV
And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
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This verse in Esther 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseHaman is soon apprehensive of his danger: He was afraid before the king and queen; and it was time for him to fear when the queen was his prosecutor, the king his judge, and his own conscience a witness against him; and the surprising operations of Providence against him that same morning could not but increase his fear.
This site's exposition
Who is he, and where is he
on Esther 7:5-6
The king's question gives Esther the opening she has waited for since 4:16, and she answers in five words: the adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. He sits at the same table where he has twice been the sole guest of honor and is named to the king's face before he can speak a word in his own defense.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Esther said, the adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
King Achashveirosh spoke. He said to Queen Esther. Wherever it states, “and he said.. and he said,” twice, it is to be expounded upon.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
That it would end up. The evil, the hatred, and the vengeance were decided.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 2 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֹּ֣אמֶר־ | vatomer- | and she said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֶסְתֵּ֔ר | ʾester | Esther | H635 → | 55 times |
| אִ֚ישׁ | ʾish | a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| צַ֣ר | tzar | an opponent | H6862 → | |
| וְאוֹיֵ֔ב | veoyev | and an enemy | H341 → | 282 times |
| הָמָ֥ן | haman | Haman | H2001 → | 54 times |
| הָרָ֖ע | hara' | <the> evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וְהָמָ֣ן | vehaman | and Haman | H2001 → | 54 times |
| נִבְעַ֔ת | nivat | he was terrified | H1204 → | |
| מִלִּפְנֵ֥י | milifnei | from to before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃ | vehamalkah | and the queen | H4436 → | 35 times |
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר־and she said
vatomer-H559 →5305 times
אֶסְתֵּ֔רEsther
ʾesterH635 →55 times
אִ֚ישׁa man
ʾishH376 →1663 times
צַ֣רan opponent
tzarH6862 →
וְאוֹיֵ֔בand an enemy
veoyevH341 →282 times
הָמָ֥ןHaman
hamanH2001 →54 times
הָרָ֖ע<the> evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
וְהָמָ֣ןand Haman
vehamanH2001 →54 times
נִבְעַ֔תhe was terrified
nivatH1204 →
מִלִּפְנֵ֥יfrom to before
milifneiH6440 →2123 times
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃and the queen
vehamalkahH4436 →35 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 5:13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:7
The hands of the witnesses shall be the first in putting him to death, and after that, the hands of all the people. So you must purge the evil from among you.
- Deuteronomy 13:5
Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the…
- Deuteronomy 21:21
Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- Matthew 18:17
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.
- Deuteronomy 17:7
Through
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
it leads to
- Revelation 19:20–21
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and…
- 2 Thessalonians 2:3
Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
- Isaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the…
- Revelation 20:10
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day…
- Revelation 19:20–21
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.