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The Hanging of Haman

Esther 7:10

In 11 translations

BSB
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
KJV
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
WEB
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified. So Haman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was abated.
ASV
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
LSV
And they hang Haman on the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king has lain down.
YLT
And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
DBY
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
DRC
So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king’s wrath ceased.
GNV
So they hanged Haman on the tree, that he had prepared for Mordecai: then was the Kings wrath pacified.
JPS
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath assuaged.
LXXE
So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochæus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּתְלוּ֙ אֶת־הָמָ֔ן עַל־הָעֵ֖ץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִ֣ין לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑י וַחֲמַ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שָׁכָֽכָה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐκρεμάσθη Ἀμὰν ἐπὶ τοῦ ξύλου ὃ ἡτοιμάσθη Μαρδοχαίῳ· καὶ τότε ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκόπασε τοῦ θυμοῦ.

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  • Psalms 7:16His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
  • Daniel 6:24At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives. And before they had reached the bottom of the den, the lions…
  • Judges 15:7And Samson told them, “Because you have done this, I will not rest until I have taken vengeance upon you.”
  • Ezekiel 5:13And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
  • Zechariah 6:8Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”
  • Esther 2:1Some time later, when the anger of King Xerxes had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

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