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25 but when Esther[a] came before the king, he gave orders in writing that the wicked plot that he had devised against the Jews should come upon his own head and that he and his sons should be hung on the pole.(A)

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  1. 9.25 Heb she

25 But when the plot came to the king’s attention,[a] he issued written orders that the evil scheme Haman had devised against the Jews should come back onto his own head,(A) and that he and his sons should be impaled(B) on poles.(C)

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  1. Esther 9:25 Or when Esther came before the king

Those who surround me lift up their heads;[a]
    let the mischief of their lips overwhelm them!(A)

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  1. 140.9 Cn: Heb those who surround me are uplifted in head

Those who surround me proudly rear their heads;
    may the mischief of their lips engulf them.(A)

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