Esther 6:13

And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him: If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

In Context

12But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:

14As they were yet speaking, the king's eunuchs came, and compelled him to go quickly to the banquet which the queen had prepared.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:8And devoured all the beauty of the former. Pharao awaked after his rest:

Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, in a place of horror, and of vast wilderness: he led him about, and taught him: and he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Esther 5:10But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called together to him his friends, and Zares his wife:

Job 16:2I have often heard such things as these: you are all troublesome comforters.

Proverbs 28:18He that walketh uprightly, shall be saved: he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Daniel 5:26And this is the interpretation of the word. MANE: God hath numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it.

Matthew Henry on Esther 6:13-14

Haman Cast Down. ( b. c. 510.) 12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered. 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. 14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and… Read the whole commentary →

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