Esther 7:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? ”

Esther 7:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 7. Esther Accuses Haman, and he is Hanged on the Gibbet he had Prepared for Mordecai. On the same day, at her second drinking-feast, Esther suddenly bursts out in impassioned denunciation of...
Esther 7:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

answered and said. Note the idiom. threatened and said. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41 . WHO IS HE, AND WHERE IS HE... ? This is the fifth Acrostic, which gives (not Jehovah but) the Divine Name...
Esther 7:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? Who is he, and where is he - There is a wonderful abruptness and...
Esther 7:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? No JFB commentary on these verses.
Esther 7:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Execution of Haman 4. We are sold] an allusion to Haman's tender of 10,000 talents (href='190 3:9'>Est 3:9). Although the enemy, etc.] The rendering is uncertain; RV 'although the adversa...
Esther 7:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

HAMAN Esther 3:1-6 ; Esther 5:9-14 ; Esther 7:5-10 HAMAN is the Judas of Israel. Not that his conduct or his place in history would bring him into comparison with the traitor apostle, for he...
Esther 7:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Craft Overreaches Itself Esther 7:1-10 Esther had prayed, as we have seen, Esther 4:16 , but she acted also. She took such measures as were possible, to gain the king's favor, to awaken his cu...
Esther 7:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Events now moved rapidly forward. By the way of the banquet Haman passed to the gallows. It was a fierce and terrible judgment, and yet characterized by poetic justice. The man who for no reason othe...
Esther 7:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(5) Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? No doubt the king must have been greatly surprised at the n...
Esther 7:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then the King Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen ,.... The words in the original text lie thus, "and the King Ahasuerus said, and he said to Esther the queen"; which doubling of the w...
Esther 7:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? Ver. 5. Then the king Ahasuerus answered, &c. ] It seems...
Esther 7:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then the king said, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? What! contrive the murder of the queen and all her friends? Is there such a man, or such a monster, rather,...
Esther 7:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

HAMAN HANGED ON HIS OWN GALLOWS (vv. 1-10) At Esther's second banquet the king asked her to make whatever petition she desired, with the promise that he would grant it to her.What a surprise it...
Esther 7:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Haman Accused by Esther. B. C. 510. 1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther...
Esther 7:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who is he? and where is he? The expressions are short and doubled, as proceeding from a discomposed and enraged mind. To do so, i.e. to circumvent me, and by subtlety to procure an irrevocable...
Esther 7:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 7:5 . Who is he] Ahasuerus could not really have doubted; but he affects to doubt, that he may express his anger at the act, apart from all personal considerations.— Rawl...
Esther 7:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 7:4 . The king's damage, in the loss of subjects and of revenue. Esther 7:8 . They covered Haman's face; an indignity done only to persons condemned to die. Esther 7:9 . Hang him the...
Esther 7:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

What is thy petition, queen Esther? Esther’s petition 1. When called to speak for God and His people, we must summon up our courage, and act with becoming confidence and decision. Had Esther he...
Esther 7:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION AT THE SECOND BANQUET ESTHER DENOUNCES HAMAN , AND THE KING CONDEMNS HIM TO BE IMPALED ON THE CROSS PREPARED FOR HAMAN ( Esther 7:1-17 ). Esth...
Esther 7:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther Pleads for her People
Esther 7:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 5:3 ; Genesis 27:33 ; Job 9:24
Esther 7:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Who, &c. — The expressions are short and doubled, as proceeding from a discomposed and enraged mind. Durst — That is, to circumvent me, and procure a decree, whereby not only my estate should b...

Esther 7:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 7:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 7:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 7:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Esther 7:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 7:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Esther 7:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 7:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 7:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 7:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 7:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 7:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 7:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 7:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 7:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 7:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 7:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 7:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Esther 7:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 7:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 7:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 7:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes