So they hanged Haman on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.
Parallel translations
- WEB So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
- KJV So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
- BSB So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- NKJV So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
- NLT So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.
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Quick answer
They hang Haman on the gallows he built for Mordecai, and the king's wrath is calmed. Justice falls precisely where evil was planned.
Overview
Haman dies on the very gallows meant for Mordecai, a complete inversion of his murderous design. The pacifying of the king's wrath signals the immediate crisis is resolved, though the decree still stands. The verse displays God's just governance, by which the proud persecutor is brought down and His people are delivered.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 7:16The trouble he causes shall return to his own head. His violence shall come down on the crown of his own head.
- Dan 6:24The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.
- Judg 15:7Samson said to them, “If you behave like this, surely I will take revenge on you, and after that I will cease.”
- Ezek 5:13“‘Thus my anger will be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I will be comforted. They will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath on them.
- Esth 2:1After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
- Zech 6:8Then he called to me, and spoke to me, saying, “Behold, those who go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.”
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