They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
Proverbs 26:27 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone – it will come back on him. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: And he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Whoever digs a pit [for another man's feet] shall fall into it himself, and he who rolls a stone [up a height to do mischief], it will return upon him. [Ps. 7:15, 16; 9:15; 10:2; 57:6; Prov. 28:10; Eccl. 10:8.] American Standard Version (1901) Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him. Common English Bible Those who dig a pit will fall in it; those who roll a stone will have it turn back on them. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him. |
They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger subsided.
But when the matter was brought before the king, he commanded by letter that the evil plan Haman had devised against the Jews return on his own head and that he should be hanged with his sons on the gallows.
The one who leads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good.
A wicked man’s iniquities will trap him; he will become tangled in the ropes of his own sin.
The one who digs a pit may fall into it, and the one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake.
Woe to the wicked #– #it will go badly for them, for what they have done will be done to them.
For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen because they have spoken and acted against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.