And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
Parallel translations
- WEB Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
- BSB Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
- NKJV And Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman!” So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
- NASB And Esther said, “A foe and an enemy is this wicked Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen.
- NLT Esther replied, “This wicked Haman is our adversary and our enemy.” Haman grew pale with fright before the king and queen.
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Quick answer
Esther names the wicked Haman as the adversary, and he is terrified before the king and queen. The enemy stands exposed and undone.
Overview
With a single bold declaration, Esther unmasks Haman, whose terror reveals his guilt. The accuser of God's people is suddenly the accused, dread replacing his pride. The verse marks the decisive reversal in which the persecutor is brought to judgment, a pattern fulfilled in the final overthrow of all who oppose God's people.
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- Job 18:5–12Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
- 1 Cor 5:13But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
- 2 Th 2:8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
- Ps 139:19–22Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
- Ps 73:17–20Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
- Neh 6:16And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God.
- Esth 3:10And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
- Job 15:21–22A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.
- Ps 27:2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
- Ps 73:5–9They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
- 1 Sam 24:13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.
- Prov 24:24–25He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:
- Eccl 5:8If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.
- Prov 16:14The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it.
- Dan 5:5–6In the same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote.
- Isa 21:4My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.
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