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Esther 5:14

Then 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.

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KJV King James Version

Then 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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.

WEB World English Bible

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

ASV American Standard Version

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning 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.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

And Zeresh his wife saith to him, and all his friends, ‘Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go thou in with the king unto the banquet rejoicing;’ and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepareth the tree.

Surrounding context — Esther 5

11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all [the things] wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.

13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.

14 Then 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.

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וַתֹּ֣אמֶרH559 · a.marto say לוֹ֩H9033 · ohim זֶ֨רֶשׁH2238 · ze.reshZeresh אִשְׁתּ֜וֹH802 · ish.shahwoman וְכָל־H3605 · kolall אֹֽהֲבָ֗יוH157 · a.havto love: lover יַֽעֲשׂוּ־H6213 · a.sahto make: do עֵץ֮H6086 · etstree: wood גָּבֹ֣הַּH1364 · ga.vo.ahhigh חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםH2572 · cha.mish.shimfifty אַמָּה֒H520 · am.mahcubit וּבַבֹּ֣קֶר׀H1242 · bo.qermorning אֱמֹ֣רH559 · a.marto say לַמֶּ֗לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhking וְיִתְל֤וּH8518 · ta.lahto hang אֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]מָרְדֳּכַי֙H4782 · mor.de.khayMordecai עָלָ֔יוH5921 · alupon וּבֹֽא־H935 · boto come (in): come עִם־H5973 · imwith הַמֶּ֥לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhking אֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֖הH4960 · mish.tehfeast שָׂמֵ֑חַH8056 · sa.me.achglad וַיִּיטַ֧בH3190 · ya.tavbe good הַדָּבָ֛רH1697 · da.varword לִפְנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: before הָמָ֖ןH2001 · ha.manHaman וַיַּ֥עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: do הָעֵֽץ׃ פH6086 · etstree: wood

Cross-references

Esther 6:4And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king’s house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.Esther 7:9-10And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.Psalm 37:32The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.1 Kings 21:7And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, [and] eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.Psalm 37:14The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, [and] to slay such as be of upright conversation.Psalm 7:13-16He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.Acts 23:14-15And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.Proverbs 1:18And they lay wait for their [own] blood; they lurk privily for their [own] lives.2 Chronicles 22:3-4He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counseller to do wickedly.Amos 6:4-6That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;Romans 3:15Their feet [are] swift to shed blood:Romans 1:32Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.1 Kings 21:25But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.2 Samuel 16:21And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father’s concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that [are] with thee be strong.Esther 3:8-15And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws [are] diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it [is] not for the king’s profit to suffer them.2 Samuel 13:3-5But Amnon had a friend, whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab [was] a very subtil man.Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause [some] to fall.Mark 6:19-24Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:

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