Esther 5:13

Esther 5:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.
• New International Version (NIV)But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king’s gate.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Yet all this is worth nothing to me, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

Context of Esther 5:13

11Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king’s other officials and servants. 12Haman said, “Furthermore, Queen Esther invited only me to accompany the king to the banquet that she prepared! And also tomorrow I am invited along with the king. Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.” 14Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a gallows seventy-five feet high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented.” It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.

Esther 5:13 word by word

וְכָל־זֶ֕ה אֵינֶ֥נּוּ שֹׁוֶ֖ה לִ֑י בְּכָל־עֵ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ אֶת־מָרְדֳּכַ֣י הַיְּהוּדִ֔י יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּשַׁ֥עַר הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet all this availethשָׁוָהshâvâh · be likeH7737
• me nothing, so long asעֵת‛êth · timeH6256
• I seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782
• the Jewיְהוּדִיyehûdîy · JewH3064
• sittingיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• at the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179

Cross-references for Esther 5:13

• 1 Kings 21:4So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, “I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance.” He lay down on his bed, pouted, and would not eat.
• Job 15:20All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant.
• Job 18:4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?
• Ecclesiastes 1:2“Futile! Futile!” laments the Teacher, “Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!”
• Philippians 4:11I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in any circumstance.

Commentaries on Esther 5:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Yet all this availeth me nothing - Pride will ever render its possessor unhappy. He has such a high opinion of his own worth, that he conceives himself defrauded by every one who does not pay him all the respect and homage which he conceives to be his due. The soul was made for God, and nothing but God can fill it and make it happy. Angels could not be happy in glory, when they had cast off their allegiance to their Maker. As soon as his heart had…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 This account of Haman is a comment upon Pr 21:24. Self-admirers and self-flatterers are really self-deceivers. Haman, the higher he is lifted up, the more impatient he is of contempt, and the more enraged at it. The affront from Mordecai spoiled all. A slight affront, which a humble man would scarcely notice, will torment a proud man, even to madness, and will mar all his comforts. Those disposed to be uneasy, will never want something to be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-14This short pause highlights how deeply Haman hates Mordecai.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-141. Esther put on her royal apparel--It was not only natural, but, on such occasions, highly proper and expedient, that the queen should decorate herself in a style becoming her exalted station. On ordinary occasions she might reasonably set off her charms to as much advantage as possible; but, on the present occasion, as she was desirous to secure the favor of one who sustained the twofold character of her husband and her sovereign, public as well as…Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 5:13

• Ambition
• Envy
• Happiness
• Malice
• Pride
• Zeresh

In the dictionaries

• Mordecai
• Banquet
• Avail
• Esther, the Rest of
• Faint

Commentaries on Esther 5

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings