So they hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
Proverbs 26:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling. Flere versionerKing 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. |
So they hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
but when Esther came before the king, he gave orders in writing that the wicked plot that he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head and that he and his sons should be hung on the pole.
In arrogance the wicked persecute the poor— let them be caught in the schemes they have devised.
They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my path, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
The nations have sunk in the pit that they made; in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.
Those who mislead the upright into evil ways will fall into pits of their own making, but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them, and they are caught in the coils of their sin.
Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a wall will be bitten by a snake.
Woe to the guilty! How unfortunate they are, for what their hands have done shall be done to them.
For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.