Esther 6:13

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

Leeser Tanakh

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

12And Mordecai thereupon returned to the king's gate; but Haman hastened to his house, mourning, and having his head covered.

14They were yet speaking with him, when the king's chamberlains arrived, and they hastened to bring Haman unto the banquet which Esther had prepared.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:8And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret the same unto Pharaoh.

Deuteronomy 32:10He found him in a desert land, and in the waste of the howling of the wilderness; he encircled him, he watched him, he guarded him as the apple of his eye.

Esther 5:10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went to his house: he then sent and had his friends brought in with Zeresh his wife.

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

Proverbs 28:18Whoso walketh in integrity will be saved; but he that walketh perversely on two paths, will fall on one.

Daniel 5:26This the interpretation of the matter: M'ne, God hath numbered thy kingdom, and made an end of 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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