And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
Proverbs 26:27 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) He who digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back upon him 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. |
And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which 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 his wicked plot which he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
In arrogance the wicked hotly pursue the poor; let them be caught in the schemes which they have devised.
They set a net for my steps; my soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Selah
The nations have sunk in the pit which they made; in the net which they hid has their own foot been caught.
He who misleads the upright into an evil way will fall into his own pit; but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is caught in the toils of his sin.
He who digs a pit will fall into it; and a serpent will bite him who breaks through a wall.
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have done shall be done to him.
For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah has fallen; because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, defying his glorious presence.