Esther 5:13
Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 21:4So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
Job 15:20A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.
Psalms 37:12The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
Ecclesiastes 1:14I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
Matthew Henry on Esther 5:10-14
Haman's Joy and Chagrin; Haman's Mediated Revenge. ( b. c. 510.) 9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. 11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted… Read the whole commentary →