⁷ If he says, It is well, your servant will be at peace: but if he is angry, then it will be clear to you that he has an evil purpose in mind against me.

¹⁷ So now, give thought to what you are going to do; for evil is in store for our master and all his house: for he is such a good-for-nothing person that it is not possible to say anything to him.

⁷ And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.

²³ And what you said seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from among you, one from every tribe;

⁹ And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?

⁴ And the saying was pleasing to Absalom and to the responsible men of Israel.