Esther 5:9

⁷ Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:

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.”

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,

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.

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Then 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 moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
WEB: Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
ASV: Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king`s gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
DARBY: And Haman went forth that day joyful and glad of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up nor moved for him, he was full of fury against Mordecai.
BLB: And Haman went forth on that day joyful and good of heart; and as Haman saw Mordecai at the gate of the king, and he did not rise and did not tremble from him, Haman was filled [with] rage against Mordecai.

ÅB: Haman gikk den dag glad og vel til mote derfra, men da han fikk se Mordekai i kongens port, og at han hverken reiste seg eller rørte seg for ham, ble han full av vrede mot Mordekai.
OTB: Haman dro den dagen glad og med et lett hjerte. Men da han så Mordekai ved kongens port, og la merke til at Mordekai verken reiste seg eller viste frykt i hans nærvær, ble Haman fylt med raseri mot ham.
B1930: Haman gikk den dag glad og vel til mote derfra, men da han fikk se Mordekai i kongens port, og at han hverken reiste sig eller rørte sig for ham, blev han full av vrede mot Mordekai.

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Cross references

Esther 3:5
When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
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Job 20:5
the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
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Amos 6:12–13
“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
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Daniel 3:16–19
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
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Psalms 27:3
Though an army encamps around me, my heart will not fear; though a war breaks out against me, I will keep my trust.
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James 4:9
Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.
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Luke 6:25
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
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