Esther 5:13

Then Haman said, “But those things ◄mean nothing to me/do not make me happy► while I keep seeing that Jew, Mordecai, just sitting there at the gate of the palace and ignoring me!”

Translation for Translators

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

12Then Haman added, “And that is not all! Queen Esther invited just two of us, the king and me, to a banquet she prepared for us today. And she is inviting only the two of us to another banquet that she will prepare tomorrow!”

14So Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends who were there suggested, “ Why don’t you quickly set up ◄a gallows/posts on which to hang someone►. Make it 75 feet tall. Then tomorrow morning ask the king to hang Mordecai on it. After that, you can go to the banquet with the king and be cheerful.” That idea pleased Haman very much, so he gave men orders to set up the gallows/posts.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:4So Ahab became very sullen and angry because of what Naboth had said. He went home and lay down on his bed. He turned his face toward the wall, and he refused to eat anything.

Job 15:20It is wicked people who suffer with great pain all the time that they are alive; that is what happens to those who ◄oppress/act violently toward► others.

Psalms 37:12Wicked people plan to harm righteous/godly people; they snarl at them [MET] like wild animals.

Ecclesiastes 1:14It seems that nothing that happens on the earth really enables us to do anything useful. It is like [MET] chasing 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 →

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