Esther 7:6

Modern

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

Traditional

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Literal

And Esther said, “A man, an adversary, and enemy is this, the evil Haman.” And Haman was terrified from before the faces of the king and the queen.

Latin

Dixitque Esther: Hostis et inimicus noster pessimus iste est Aman. Quod ille audiens, illico obstupuit, vultum regis ac reginæ ferre non sustinens.

Hebrew

English

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

Esther identified wicked Haman as the enemy.
Haman stood in terror: The queen's accusation and the king's anger made Haman's fate clear.

Theme notes and profiles

Job 18:5–12
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
2 Thessalonians 2:8
And 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.
Psalm 139:19–22
O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
Psalm 27:2
When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
1 Corinthians 5:13
God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
Job 15:21–22
Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
Psalm 73:17–20
…until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
Daniel 5:5–6
At 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 24:13
As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
Nehemiah 6:16
When 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.
Psalm 73:5–9
They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
Esther 3:10
So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.

Esther: Jewish queen of Persia; saved her people from genocide Haman: A Persian official who plotted to destroy the Jews