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


In Context

3 Then Esther the queen answered, |If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

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 bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's loss.|

5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, |Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?|

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

7 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.

8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, |Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?| As the word went out of 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

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