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Esther 7:6

Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

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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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר־va.To.mer-and she saidH559 →
אֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerEstherH635 →
אִ֚ישׁ'isha manH376 →
צַ֣רtzaran opponentH6862 →
וְאוֹיֵ֔בve.'o.Yevand an enemyH341 →
הָמָ֥ןha.ManHamanH2001 →
הָרָ֖עha.Ra'<the> evilH7451 →
הַזֶּ֑הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וְהָמָ֣ןve.ha.Manand HamanH2001 →
נִבְעַ֔תniv.'Athe was terrifiedH1204 →
מִלִּפְנֵ֥יmi.lif.Neifrom to beforeH6440 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃ve.ha.mal.Kahand the queenH4436 →

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1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.Job 18:5–12Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.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.Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.Psalms 139:19–22O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—1 Corinthians 5:13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”Esther 8:1That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.Job 15:21–22Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.Psalms 73:5–9They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.Nehemiah 6:16When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.Daniel 5:5–6At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,1 Samuel 24:13As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.Psalms 73:17–20until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.Esther 3:10So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.Daniel 8:2And in the vision I saw myself in the citadel of Susa, in the province of Elam. I saw in the vision that I was beside the Ulai Canal.Esther 3:1After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.2 Chronicles 24:7For the sons of that wicked woman Athaliah had broken into the house of God and had even used the sacred objects of the house of the LORD for the Baals.Esther 7:4For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

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Esther Accuses Haman — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Esther Accuses Haman — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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