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Esther 5:13
13Yet all this does not satisfy me, as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
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 boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and how the king had promoted him and exalted him above the other officials and servants of the king. 12Haman added, “And that’s not all! Queen Esther invited only me to accompany the king to a banquet that she prepared. And she has also invited me along with the king tomorrow. Yet all this does not satisfy me, as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.” 14Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let them set up a gallows 50 cubits high, and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go happily with the king to the banquet.” This idea delighted Haman and he ordered the gallows to be built.
Read all of Esther 5Esther 5:13 word by word
וְכָל־זֶ֕ה אֵינֶ֥נּוּ שֹׁוֶ֖ה לִ֑י בְּכָל־עֵ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ אֶת־מָרְדֳּכַ֣י הַיְּהוּדִ֔י יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּשַׁ֥עַר הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Esther 5:13
- 1 Kings 21:4So Ahab went into his house sullen and resentful because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him, when he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned away his face and would eat no food.
- Job 15:20All his days the wicked suffers torment, and numbered are the years stored up for the tyrant.
- Job 18:4You, who tear yourself to pieces in anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or must a rock be moved from its place?
- Ecclesiastes 1:2Futile! Futile! says Kohelet. Completely meaningless! Everything is futile!
- Philippians 4:11I am not saying this because I am in need—for whatever circumstance I am in, I have learned to be content.
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
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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
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