And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Parallel translations
- WEB While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
- BSB While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
- NKJV While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
- NASB While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and quickly brought Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.
- NLT While they were still talking, the king’s eunuchs arrived and quickly took Haman to the banquet Esther had prepared.
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Quick answer
As they speak, the king's eunuchs arrive to hurry Haman to Esther's banquet. He is rushed toward the very feast where he will be exposed.
Overview
Before Haman can absorb his household's grim prediction, he is swept off to the second banquet. The relentless pace conveys events moving inexorably toward his downfall. Providence allows him no respite as the trap closes around him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Esth 5:8If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
- Esth 5:14Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow 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.
- Deut 32:35–36To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
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