Esther 7 · Verse 10

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
Esther 7:10, King James Version

Esther 7:10 in other translations

BSBSo they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
WEBSo they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
ASVSo they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
YLTAnd they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
DARBYSo they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
BBESo Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
WebsterSo they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

What does Esther 7:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai--He has not been the only plotter of mischief whose feet have been taken in the net which they hid (Psa 9:15). But never was condemnation more just, and retribution more merited, than the execution of that gigantic criminal.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 7:7-10

The king was angry: those that do things with self-will, reflect upon them afterward with self-reproach. When angry, we should pause before we come to any resolution, and thus rule our own spirits, and show that we are governed by reason. Those that are most haughty and insolent when in power and prosperity, commonly, like Haman, are the most abject and poor-spirited when brought down. The day is coming when those…

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Esther 7:10 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.

וַיִּתְלוּ֙vai.yit.Luand they hangedH8518
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָמָ֔ןha.ManHamanH2001
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָעֵ֖ץha.'Etzthe gallowsH6086
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
הֵכִ֣יןhe.Khinhe had preparedH3559
לְמָרְדֳּכָ֑יle.ma.re.do.Khaifor MordecaiH4782
וַחֲמַ֥תva.cha.Matand [the] rage ofH2534
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428
שָׁכָֽכָה\׃\ \פsha.Kha.khahit subsidedH7918

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

Cross references for Esther 7:10

  • Psalms 7:16

    His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.

  • Daniel 6:24

    And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

  • Ezekiel 5:13

    Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

  • Judges 15:7

    And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.

  • Esther 2:1

    After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

  • Zechariah 6:8

    Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then was the king's.
Jud 15:7; Eze 5:13; Zec 6:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Esther 7:9

    And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

  • Esther 7:10

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.

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Esther 7:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Así colgaron á Amán en la horca que él había hecho aparejar para Mardochêo; y apaciguóse la ira del rey.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et on pendit Haman au bois qu’il avait dressé pour Mardochée. Et la colère du roi s’apaisa.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und man hängte Haman an den Baum, welchen er für Mordokai bereitet hatte. Und der Grimm des Königs legte sich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Suspensus est itaque Aman in patibulo quod paraverat Mardochæo: et regis ira quievit.