Esther 7:10

Modern

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

Traditional

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

Literal

And they hanged Haman on the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the rage of the king subsided.

Latin

Suspensus est itaque Aman in patibulo quod paraverat Mardochæo: et regis ira quievit.

Hebrew

English

So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 7:16
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
Daniel 6:24
At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
Judges 15:7
And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
Ezekiel 5:13
And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
Esther 2:1
Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.
Zechariah 6:8
Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”

Haman: A Persian official who plotted to destroy the Jews Mordecai: Esther's cousin, a Jewish leader in the Persian court