וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לוֹ֩ זֶ֨רֶשׁ אִשְׁתּ֜וֹ וְכָל־אֹֽהֲבָ֗יו יַֽעֲשׂוּ־עֵץ֮ גָּבֹ֣הַּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּה֒ וּבַבֹּ֣קֶר ׀ אֱמֹ֣ר לַמֶּ֗לֶךְ וְיִתְל֤וּ אֶֽת־מָרְדֳּכַי֙ עָלָ֔יו וּבֹֽא־עִם־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ אֶל הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֖ה שָׂמֵ֑חַ וַיִּיטַ֧ב הַדָּבָ֛ר לִפְנֵ֥י הָמָ֖ן וַיַּ֥עַשׂ הָעֵֽץ׃ (פ)
Lalu Zeresh, istrinya, dan semua sahabatnya berkata kepadanya: “Suruhlah orang membuat tiang setinggi lima puluh hasta, dan besok pagi mintalah kepada raja supaya Mordekhai digantung pada tiang itu. Sesudah itu pergilah dengan gembira bersama raja ke perjamuan.” Usul itu menyenangkan hati Haman, lalu ia menyuruh orang membuat tiang itu.
Targum Sheni
Transcriber's noteFor the rest of this verse, Cassel's text is substantially shorter than the Aramaic here. Thus the translation does not align very well. Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him: "Thou canst not throw him into fire, because his ancestor Abraham was delivered out of it. Thou canst not kill him with the sword, because his ancestor Isaac was delivered from it. Thou canst not drown him in water, because from water were Moses and the children of Israel saved. Thou canst not throw him into a den of lions, because Daniel was saved from it. Therefore, make a gallows fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon. For thus far not one of them who was hanged on the gallows was delivered. After that, go with the king to the banqueting-house with joy." This advice pleased Haman, and he made a gallows for himself.