KJV King James Version
And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath [went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
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Esther 7:7
And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath [went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
WEB World English Bible
The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
ASV American Standard Version
And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And the king hath risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, unto the garden of the house, and Haman hath remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he hath seen that evil hath been determined against him by the king.
Surrounding context — Esther 7
4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath [went] into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther [was]. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
9 And 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.
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
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וְהַמֶּ֜לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingקָ֤םH6965 · qa.may(Leb)-kamaiבַּחֲמָתוֹ֙H2534 · che.mahrageמִמִּשְׁתֵּ֣הH4960 · mish.tehfeastהַיַּ֔יִןH3196 · ya.yinwineאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)גִּנַּ֖תH1594 · gin.nahgardenהַבִּיתָ֑ןH1055 · bi.tanpalaceוְהָמָ֣ןH2001 · ha.manHamanעָמַ֗דH5975 · a.madto stand: standלְבַקֵּ֤שׁH1245 · ba.qashto seekעַל־H5921 · aluponנַפְשׁוֹ֙H5315 · ne.pheshsoulמֵֽאֶסְתֵּ֣רH635 · es.terEstherהַמַּלְכָּ֔הH4436 · mal.kahQueen (of Sheba)כִּ֣יH3588 · kiforרָאָ֔הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforכָלְתָ֥הH3615 · ka.lahto end: finishאֵלָ֛יוH413 · elto(wards)הָרָעָ֖הH7451 · rabad: harmfulמֵאֵ֥תH854 · etwithהַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃H4428 · me.lekhking
Cross-references
Revelation 3:9Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.Esther 1:12But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by [his] chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.Isaiah 60:14The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.Proverbs 14:19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: [therefore] he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.1 Samuel 20:9And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?1 Samuel 25:17Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he [is such] a son of Belial, that [a man] cannot speak to him.Psalm 112:10The wicked shall see [it], and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.Proverbs 19:12The king’s wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass.1 Samuel 20:7If he say thus, [It is] well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, [then] be sure that evil is determined by him.Esther 1:5And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace;
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