Esther 9:25
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
KJV
Et postea ingressa est Esther ad regem, obsecrans ut conatus ejus litteris regis irriti fierent, et malum quod contra Judæos cogitaverat, reverteretur in caput ejus. Denique et ipsum et filios ejus affixerunt cruci,
Vulgate
καὶ ὡς εἰσῆλθεν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα λέγων κρεμάσαι τὸν Μαρδοχαῖον· ὅσα δὲ ἐπεχείρησεν ἐπάξαι ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἰουδαίους κακὰ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἐγένοντο, καὶ ἐκρεμάσθη αὐτὸς καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ.
LXX
but when the matter came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
ASV
וּ/בְ/בֹאָ/הּ֮ לִ/פְנֵ֣י הַ/מֶּלֶךְ֒ אָמַ֣ר עִם הַ/סֵּ֔פֶר יָשׁ֞וּב מַחֲשַׁבְתּ֧/וֹ הָ/רָעָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר חָשַׁ֥ב עַל הַ/יְּהוּדִ֖ים עַל רֹאשׁ֑/וֹ וְ/תָל֥וּ אֹת֛/וֹ וְ/אֶת בָּנָ֖י/ו עַל הָ/עֵֽץ
Hebrew
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Cross-references
- Dan 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
- Esth 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 H
- Job 5:13 — He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
- Judg 9:24 — That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the
- Luke 6:38 — Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measu
- Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Prov 19:21 — There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
- Ps 7:16 — His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
- Ps 7:16 — His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.