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Esther 3:5
5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did pay him honour, 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, who were in the king’s gate, said to Mordecai, Why dost thou transgress the king’s commandment? 4Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he hearkened not to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s reason would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did pay him honour, then was Haman full of wrath. 6And he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai: therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. 7In the first month, that 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, that 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, and paid honour to Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did pay him honour.
- Esther 5:9Then 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 trembled before him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
- Esther 1:12But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very angry, and his anger burned in him.
- Genesis 4:5But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
- Job 5:2For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
- Proverbs 12:16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
- Proverbs 19:19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again.
- Proverbs 21:24Proudandhaughty scorneris his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.
- Proverbs 27:3A stoneisheavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrathisheavier than both.
- Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was heated before.
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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