Esther 6 · Verse 14

Esther 6:14

And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther 6:14, King James Version

Esther 6:14 in other translations

BSBWhile they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
WEBWhile they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
ASVWhile they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
YLTThey are yet speaking with him, and eunuchs of the king have come, and haste to bring in Haman unto the banquet that Esther hath made.
DARBYWhile they were yet talking with him, the king's chamberlains came, and hasted to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
BBEWhile they were still talking, the king's servants came to take Haman to the feast which Esther had made ready.
WebsterAnd while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

What does Esther 6:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared--Besides the invitation given to an entertainment, a message is always sent to the guests, immediately at the day and hour appointed, to announce that all things are ready.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Hasted to bring Haman - There was a dreadful banquet before him, of which he knew nothing: and he could have little appetite to enjoy that which he knew was prepared at the palace of Esther. One grand design of this history is, to show that he who lays a snare for the life of his neighbor, is most likely to fall into it himself: for, in the course of the Divine providence, men generally meet with those evils in life which they have been the means of inflicting on others: and this is exactly agreeable to the saying of our Lord: "With what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you withal."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 6:12-14

Mordecai was not puffed up with his honours, he returned to his place and the duty of it. Honour is well bestowed on those that do not think themselves above their business. But Haman could not bear it. What harm had it done him? But that will break a proud man's heart, which will not break a humble man's sleep. His doom was, out of this event, read to him by his wife and his friends. They plainly confessed that the…

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Esther 6:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עוֹדָם֙o.Damstill theyH5750
מְדַבְּרִ֣יםme.da.be.Rim[were] speakingH1696
עִמּ֔וֹi.Mowith himH5973
וְסָרִיסֵ֥יve.sa.ri.Seiand [the] eunuchs ofH5631
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
הִגִּ֑יעוּhi.Gi.'uthey arrivedH5060
וַיַּבְהִ֙לוּ֙vai.yav.Hi.luand they made hasteH926
לְהָבִ֣יאle.ha.Vi'to bringH935
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָמָ֔ןha.ManHamanH2001
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֖הha.mish.Tehthe feastH4960
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
עָשְׂתָ֥ה'a.se.Tahshe had preparedH6213
אֶסְתֵּֽר\׃'es.TerEstherH635

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Esther 6:14

  • Esther 5:8

    If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.

  • Esther 5:14

    Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

  • Deuteronomy 32:35-36

    To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. For the Lord shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hasted to bring.
5:8,14; De 32:35,36

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Context

  • Esther 6:13

    And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

  • Esther 6:14

    And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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Esther 6:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Aun estaban ellos hablando con él, cuando los eunucos del rey llegaron apresurados, para hacer venir á Amán al banquete que Esther había dispuesto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Comme ils parlaient encore avec lui, les eunuques du roi s’approchèrent et se hâtèrent de conduire Haman au festin qu’Esther avait préparé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Während sie noch mit ihm redeten, kamen die Kämmerer des Königs herbei und führten Haman eilends zu dem Mahle, das Esther bereitet hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Adhuc illis loquentibus, venerunt eunuchi regis, et cito eum ad convivium, quod regina paraverat, pergere compulerunt.