Esther 5:10
8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
9 That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
11 Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
12 “What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
- KJV
- Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
- WEB
- Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
- ASV
- Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.
- DARBY
- But Haman controlled himself, and came home; and he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
- BLB
- And Haman restrained himself, and he came to his house, and he sent and brought his loved ones and Zeresh his wife.
- ÅB
- Men han holdt seg rolig og gikk hjem; så sendte han bud etter sine venner og sin hustru Seres
- OTB
- Likevel behersket Haman seg og gikk hjem. Han kalte sammen sine venner og Seresj, sin kone,
- B1930
- Men han holdt sig rolig og gikk hjem; så sendte han bud efter sine venner og sin hustru Seres
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Esther 6:13
Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:9
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
Read in contextGenesis 45:1
Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.
Read in context2 Samuel 13:22–23
And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar.
Read in contextGenesis 43:30–31
Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep.
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