Kejadian 39:19

39:19 When his master heard his wife say, ¹  “This is the way ²  your slave treated me,” ³  he became furious. ⁴ 

Ester 2:21

2:21 In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan ⁵  and Teresh, ⁶  two of the king’s eunuchs who protected the entrance, ⁷  became angry and plotted to assassinate ⁸  King Ahasuerus.

Ester 7:7

7:7 In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, ⁹  for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him. ¹⁰ 

Amsal 19:12

19:12 A king’s wrath is like ¹¹  the roar of a lion, ¹² 

but his favor is like dew on the grass. ¹³ 

[39:19]  ¹ tn Heb “and when his master heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying.”

[39:19]  ² tn Heb “according to these words.”

[39:19]  ³ tn Heb “did to me.”

[39:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “his anger burned.”

[2:21]  ⁵ tn This individual is referred to as “Bigthana,” a variant spelling of the name, in Esth 6:2.

[2:21]  ⁶ tc The LXX does not include the names “Bigthan and Teresh” here.

[2:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “guarders of the threshold”; NIV “who guarded the doorway.”

[2:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “sought to send a hand against”; CEV “decided to kill.”

[7:7]  ⁹ sn There is great irony here in that the man who set out to destroy all the Jews now finds himself begging for his own life from a Jew.

[7:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for he saw that calamity was determined for him from the king”; NAB “the king had decided on his doom”; NRSV “the king had determined to destroy him.”

[19:12]  ¹¹ sn The verse contrasts the “rage” of the king with his “favor” by using two similes. The first simile presents the king at his most dangerous – his anger (e.g., 20:2; Amos 3:4). The second simile presents his favor as beneficial for life (e.g., 16:14-15; 28:15).

[19:12]  ¹² tn Heb “is a roaring like a lion.”

[19:12]  ¹³ sn The proverb makes an observation about a king’s power to terrify or to refresh. It advises people to use tact with a king.