Esther 7:5

5 Alors le roi Assuérus prit la parole, et dit à la reine Esther: Qui est, et où est cet homme, qui a osé faire cela?

Esther 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 7:5

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 word does not signify, as Jarchi suggests, that before he spoke to her by a messenger, or middle person, but, now he knew she was of a royal family, he spoke to her himself; but it is expressive of the ruffle of his mind, and the wrath and fury he was in, that he said it again and again, with a stern countenance and great vehemence of speech:

who is he? and where is he?
who is the man? and where does he live?

that durst presume in his heart to do so;
that has boldness, impudence, and courage enough to perpetrate so vile an action: or "that has filled his heart" ^F9; the devil no doubt filled his heart to do it, see ( Acts 5:3 ) , but the king had either forgot the decree he had granted, and the countenance he had given him to execute it; or, if he remembered it, he was now enraged that he should be drawn in to such an action by him; and perhaps till now was ignorant of Esther's descent, and knew not that she would be involved in the decree.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (wbl walm rva) "qui replevit cor suum", Drusius; "implevit", De Dieu.

Esther 7:5 In-Context

3 Alors la reine Esther répondit, et dit: Si j'ai trouvé grâce devant toi, ô roi! et si le roi le trouve bon, que ma vie me soit accordée à ma demande, et mon peuple à ma prière!

4 Car nous avons été vendus, moi et mon peuple, pour être exterminés, égorgés et détruits. Que si nous n'avions été vendus que pour être esclaves et servantes, je me fusse tue, bien que l'oppresseur ne pût dédommager de la perte qui en reviendrait au roi.

5 Alors le roi Assuérus prit la parole, et dit à la reine Esther: Qui est, et où est cet homme, qui a osé faire cela?

6 Et Esther répondit: L'oppresseur et l'ennemi est ce méchant Haman. Alors Haman fut troublé en présence du roi et de la reine.

7 Et le roi, en colère, se leva du festin, et entra dans le jardin du palais; mais Haman se tint là, afin de prier la reine Esther pour sa vie; car il voyait bien que sa perte était résolue par le roi.