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Esther 3:5
5When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him honor, Haman was filled with rage.
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 at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s command?” 4Day after day, they spoke to him but he would not listen to them. Therefore they told Haman in order to see whether Mordecai’s resolve would prevail, for he had told them that he was a Jew. When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him honor, Haman was filled with rage. 6But it was repugnant in his eyes to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him the identity of Mordecai’s people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus. 7In the first month (that is the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast the pur (that is, ‘the lot’) in the presence of Haman from day to day and month to month, up to the twelfth month, which is the month of 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Esther 3:5
- Esther 3:2All the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded it. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay him honor.
- Esther 5:9Haman went out that day happy and in good spirits. However, when Haman saw Mordecai at the king’s gate, and he did not rise or tremble before him, Haman was filled with rage against Mordecai.
- Esther 1:12But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs. Then the king became furious, and burned with anger.
- Genesis 4:5but upon Cain and his offering He did not look favorably. Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
- Job 5:2For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Proverbs 12:16A fool shows his irritation immediately, but a prudent person overlooks an insult.
- Proverbs 19:19One with great rage will pay a penalty. For if you rescue him, you will have to do it again.
- Proverbs 21:24A proud and haughty man —Mocker is his name— acts with overbearing pride.
- Proverbs 27:3A stone is heavy and sand a burden, but provocation by a fool is heavier than both.
- Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage and the appearance of his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He ordered the furnace to be heated seven times hotter than it was normally 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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