Esther — Chapter 6
These annotations are from the original 1609 Douay Old Testament, the first complete English Catholic Bible translation, produced by English scholars in exile at the English College of Douai. The archaic spelling is preserved.
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Verse 1
Gods eye which neuer sleepeth, saw what Aman intended: and for execution of his owne diuine iustice, vsed this meanes, by subtracting sleepe that time from the King, & inspiring his mind to heare the histories read, and to reward good seruice.
Verse 6
Ambitious men are most blind in conceite of their owne deserts, and fortunes.
Verse 13
Either they had read Gods promise to the Iewes Gen. 13. 15. &c. or conjectured this by humane prudence.