Catholic Public Domain Version
"And Esther said, “This is our most wicked enemy and foe: Haman!” Hearing this, Haman was suddenly dumbfounded, unable to bear the faces of the king and the queen. "
— Esther 7:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.”
“And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. ”
“Esther said, "An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!" Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.”
“Esther replied,“The oppressor and enemy is this evil Haman!”Then Haman became terrified in the presence of the king and queen.”
“And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen.”
“And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.”
“And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.”
She answered him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it pleases you, spare my soul, I ask you, and spare my people, I beg you.
For I and my people have been handed over to be crushed, to be slain, and to perish. And if we were only being sold as servants and slaves, the evil might be tolerable, and I would have mourned in silence. But now our enemy is one whose cruelty overflows upon the king.”
And king Artaxerxes answered and said, “Who is this, and of what power, that he would dare to do these things?”
And Esther said, “This is our most wicked enemy and foe: Haman!” Hearing this, Haman was suddenly dumbfounded, unable to bear the faces of the king and the queen.
But the king, being angry, rose up and, from the place of the feast, entered into the arboretum of the garden. Haman likewise rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his soul, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.
When the king returned from the arboretum of the garden and entered into the place of the feast, he found Haman collapsed on the couch on which Esther lay, and he said, “And now he wishes to oppress the queen, in my presence, in my house!” The word had not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.
And Harbona, one of the eunuchs who stood in ministry to the king, said, “Behold the wood, which he had prepared for Mordecai, who spoke up on behalf of the king, stands in Haman’s house, having a height of fifty cubits.” The king said to him, “Hang him from it.”