Esther 7:6

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“Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.”

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BSBPD

“Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Esther saith, `The man--adversary and enemy--<FI> is<Fi> this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Esther 7:6 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 24:13As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
  2. Nehemiah 6:16When all our enemies heard about this, all the surrounding nations were afraid and disheartened, for they realized that this task had been accomplished by our God.
  3. Esther 3:10So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
  4. Job 15:21Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.
  5. Job 18:5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
  6. Psalms 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
  7. Psalms 73:5They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
  8. Psalms 73:17until I entered God’s sanctuary; then I discerned their end.
  9. Psalms 139:19O God, that You would slay the wicked— away from me, you bloodthirsty men—
  10. Proverbs 16:14The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
  11. Proverbs 24:24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”— peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him;
  12. Ecclesiastes 5:8If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
  13. Isaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.
  14. Daniel 5:5At that moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand in the royal palace. As the king watched the hand that was writing,
  15. 1 Corinthians 5:13God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”
  16. 2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.

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