American Standard Version
Esther 3:5
5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
Esther 3:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.
- New International Version (NIV)When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow or pay him homage, Haman was filled with wrath.
Context of Esther 3:5
3Then the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment? 4Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6But he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. 7In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
Read all of Esther 3Esther 3:5 word by word
וַיַּ֣רְא הָמָ֔ן כִּי־אֵ֣ין מָרְדֳּכַ֔י כֹּרֵ֥עַ וּמִֽשְׁתַּחֲוֶ֖ה ל֑וֹ וַיִּמָּלֵ֥א הָמָ֖ן חֵמָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Esther 3:5
- Esther 3:2And all the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence.
- Esther 5:9Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
- Esther 1:12But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.
- Genesis 4:5but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
- Job 5:2For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.
- Proverbs 12:16A fool’s vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.
- Proverbs 19:19A man of great wrath shall bear the penalty; For if thou deliver him, thou must do it yet again.
- Proverbs 21:24The proud and haughty man, scoffer is his name; He worketh in the arrogance of pride.
- Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool’s vexation is heavier than they both.
- Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was wont to be heated.
Commentaries on Esther 3:5
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-15Haman's hatred for Mordecai grows into a plan to kill all the Jewish people.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-151. After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman ... set his seat above all the princes--that is, raised him to the rank of vizier, or prime confidential minister, whose pre-eminence in office and power appeared in the elevated state chair appropriated to that supreme functionary. Such a distinction in seats was counted of vast importance in the formal court of Persia.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Esther 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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