Esther 7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Haman Is Executed
7 The king and Haman came to feast[a](A) with Esther the queen. 2 Once again, on the second day while drinking wine,(B) the king asked Esther, “Queen Esther, whatever you ask will be given to you. Whatever you seek, even to half the kingdom, will be done.”(C)
3 Queen Esther answered, “If I have obtained your approval,[b] my king, and if the king is pleased,(D) spare my life—this is my request; and spare my people—this is my desire.(E) 4 For my people and I have been sold out(F) to destruction, death, and extermination.(G) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves,(H) I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”
5 King Ahasuerus spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”[c](I)
6 Esther answered, “The adversary and enemy(J) is this evil Haman.”
Haman stood terrified(K) before the king and queen. 7 Angered(L) by this, the king arose from where they were drinking wine and went to the palace garden.(M) Haman remained to beg Queen Esther for his life because he realized the king was planning something terrible for him.(N) 8 Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the house of wine drinking, Haman was falling on the couch(O) where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually violate the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the statement left the king’s mouth, Haman’s face was covered.(P)
9 Harbona, one of the royal eunuchs,(Q) said: “There is a gallows 75 feet[d] tall at Haman’s house that he made for Mordecai,(R) who gave the report that saved[e] the king.”(S)
The king commanded, “Hang him on it.”
10 They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.(T) Then the king’s anger subsided.(U)
Footnotes
- Esther 7:1 Lit drink
- Esther 7:3 Lit If I have found favor in your eyes
- Esther 7:5 Lit who would fill his heart to do this
- Esther 7:9 Lit 50 cubits
- Esther 7:9 Lit who spoke good for
Ester 7
Nueva Biblia de las Américas
Amán denunciado y ahorcado
7 El rey y Amán fueron al banquete a beber vino con la reina Ester. 2 También el segundo día, mientras bebían vino en el banquete[a], el rey dijo a Ester: «¿Cuál es tu petición, reina Ester? Te será concedida. ¿Cuál es tu deseo? Hasta la mitad del reino se te dará[b](A)». 3 La reina Ester respondió: «Si he hallado gracia ante sus ojos, oh rey, y si le place al rey(B), que me sea concedida la vida según mi petición, y la de mi pueblo según mi deseo; 4 porque hemos sido vendidos, yo y mi pueblo, para el exterminio(C), para la matanza y para la destrucción(D). Y si solo hubiéramos sido vendidos como esclavos o esclavas, hubiera permanecido callada, porque el mal no se podría comparar con el disgusto[c] del rey».
5 Entonces el rey Asuero preguntó a[d] la reina Ester: «¿Quién es, y dónde está el que pretende[e] hacer tal cosa?». 6 Ester respondió: «¡El adversario y enemigo es este malvado Amán(E)!». Entonces Amán se sobrecogió de terror delante del rey y de la reina. 7 Y dejando de beber vino[f], el rey se levantó lleno de furor(F) y salió al jardín del palacio(G). Pero Amán se quedó para rogar por su vida a la reina Ester, porque vio que el mal había sido determinado contra él por el rey.
8 Cuando el rey volvió del jardín del palacio al lugar donde estaban bebiendo vino[g], Amán se había dejado caer sobre el lecho(H) donde se hallaba Ester. Entonces el rey dijo: «¿Aún se atreve a hacer violencia a la reina estando yo en la casa?». Al salir la palabra de la boca del rey, cubrieron el rostro a Amán. 9 Entonces Harbona, uno de los eunucos que estaban delante del rey, dijo: «Precisamente, la horca[h] de 50 codos (22.5 metros) de alto está en la casa de Amán, la cual Amán había preparado para Mardoqueo(I), quien había hablado bien en favor del rey(J)». «Ahórquenlo en ella», ordenó el rey. 10 Colgaron, pues, a Amán en la horca[i] que había preparado para Mardoqueo(K), y se aplacó el furor del rey(L).
Esther 7
New King James Version
Haman Hanged Instead of Mordecai
7 So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther. 2 And on the second day, (A)at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!”
3 Then Queen Esther answered and said, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. 4 For we have been (B)sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as (C)male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king’s loss.”
5 So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?”
6 And Esther said, “The adversary and (D)enemy is this wicked Haman!”
So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
7 Then the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stood before Queen Esther, pleading for his life, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king. 8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across (E)the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?”
As the word left the king’s mouth, they (F)covered Haman’s face. 9 Now (G)Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, “Look! (H)The [a]gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke (I)good on the king’s behalf, is standing at the house of Haman.”
Then the king said, “Hang him on it!”
10 So (J)they (K)hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
Footnotes
- Esther 7:9 Lit. tree or wood
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