Esther 5:11

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.

¹⁰ Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

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.

¹³ Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”

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.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
WEB: Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
ASV: And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
DARBY: And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
BLB: And Haman recounted to them the glory of his wealth and the multitude of his sons and everything in which the king had made him great, and that he had lifted him up over the officials and servants of the king.

ÅB: og fortalte dem om sin rikdom og herlighet og om sine mange sønner og likeledes alt om hvordan kongen hadde gjort ham stor, og hvordan han hadde opphøyet ham over fyrstene og kongens tjenere.
OTB: og skrøt for dem om sin store rikdom, sine mange sønner, og alle måtene kongen hadde æret ham og opphøyet ham over de andre embetsmennene og tjenerne.
B1930: og fortalte dem om sin rikdom og herlighet og om sine mange sønner og likeledes alt om hvorledes kongen hadde gjort ham stor, og hvorledes han hadde ophøiet ham over fyrstene og kongens tjenere.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Esther 9:7–10
including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
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Esther 3:1
After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
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Luke 12:19–20
Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
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Genesis 31:1
Now Jacob heard that Laban’s sons were saying, “Jacob has taken away all that belonged to our father and built all this wealth at our father’s expense.”
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1 Timothy 6:17
Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.
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Psalms 49:16–17
Do not be amazed when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases.
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Isaiah 10:8
“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
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Jeremiah 9:23–24
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
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