10 So they impaled(A) Haman(B) on the pole(C) he had set up for Mordecai.(D) Then the king’s fury subsided.(E)

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10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

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13 Such is the destiny(A) of all who forget God;(B)
    so perishes the hope of the godless.(C)

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13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

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10 The wicked will see(A) and be vexed,
    they will gnash their teeth(B) and waste away;(C)
    the longings of the wicked will come to nothing.(D)

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10 The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish.

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Hopes placed in mortals die with them;(A)
    all the promise of[a] their power comes to nothing.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.

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