6Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is this vile Haman." Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.


In Context

3 Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor with you, O king, and if it pleases your majesty, grant me my life-this is my petition. And spare my people-this is my request.

4 For I and my people have been sold for destruction and slaughter and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king. "

5 King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, "Who is he? Where is the man who has dared to do such a thing?"

6 Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is this vile Haman." Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

7 The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.

8 Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, "Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?" As soon as the word left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

Esther 7:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:6And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:6And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:6And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6Esther said, |An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!| Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:6And Esther saith, 'The man — adversary and enemy — is this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:6And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.