So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s rage subsided.
Proverbs 26:27 - Tree of Life Version Whoever digs a pit will fall in it, and whoever rolls a stone— it will come back upon him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s rage subsided.
But when it came to the king’s attention, he issued a written edict that the wicked scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. (
In pride the wicked hotly hunts the poor. Let them be caught in the plots they have planned.
Be exalted, O God, above the heavens. Let Your glory be over all the earth!
Then I will tell all your praises in the gates of the daughter of Zion, rejoicing in Your salvation.
One who leads the upright astray along an evil path will fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit good.
The iniquities of a wicked man will ensnare him. The cords of his sin will hold him down.
Whoever digs a pit may fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence may be bitten by a snake.
Oy , the wicked! It will be bad for him, for the dealing of his hands will be done to him.
For Jerusalem has stumbled, and Judah is fallen. For their tongue and their actions are against Adonai, defying the eyes of His glory.