If it pleases the king, let an edict be written to destroy them. I will pay 10,000 talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out this business, to put it into the king’s treasuries.”
Job 18:8 - Tree of Life Version For he is cast into a net by his feet; he wanders into its mesh. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon a snare. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the wicked is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a lattice-covered pit. American Standard Version (1901) For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils. Common English Bible They are caught by their feet in a net; they walk on mesh. Catholic Public Domain Version For he has caused his own feet to go into a net, and he has walked into its web. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes. |
If it pleases the king, let an edict be written to destroy them. I will pay 10,000 talents of silver into the hands of those who carry out this business, to put it into the king’s treasuries.”
Haman recounted to his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom you have begun your downfall, is of Jewish descent, you won’t be able to stand against him. In fact, you will certainly fall before him!”
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s rage subsided.
King Ahasuerus responded to Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is the man that presumed to do this?”
The hungry consumes his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pants after their wealth.
Let ruin come upon him by surprise. Let the net he hid entangle himself —into that same pit let him fall.
Then I will tell all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion, rejoicing in Your salvation.
In an evil man’s wrongdoing is a trap, but the righteous sings and rejoices.
The iniquities of a wicked man will ensnare him. The cords of his sin will hold him down.
And it shall come to pass: whoever flees from the sound of panic will fall in the pit, and whoever climbs up out of the pit will be caught in the trap. For the windows of heaven are opened and the foundations of the earth shake.
Thus says Adonai Elohim: “I will throw My net over you with a host of many peoples. They will haul you up in My net.
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with those outside, so that he will not fall into disgrace and the devil’s trap.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation and a trap and many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction.
Then they may regain their senses and escape the devil’s snare, in which they had been held captive by him to do his will.