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Esther 6:12

HamanMordecai
ShameGrief

10 “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”

11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

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.”

14 While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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BSB
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
KJV
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
WEB
Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
ASV
And Mordecai came again to the king`s gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
DARBY
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
BLB
And Mordecai returned to the gate of the king, and Haman hurried to his house, mourning and covered [his] head.
ÅB
Så vendte Mordekai tilbake til kongens port; men Haman skyndte seg hjem, sorgfull og med tildekket hode.
OTB
Etterpå vendte Mordekai tilbake til kongens port, men Haman skyndte seg hjem, sørgende, med hodet tildekket.
B1930
Så vendte Mordekai tilbake til kongens port; men Haman skyndte sig hjem, sorgfull og med tildekket hode.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 15:30

    But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.

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  • Jeremiah 14:3–4

    The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.

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  • 1 Kings 21:4

    So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.

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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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  • Job 9:24

    The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?

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  • 1 Kings 20:43

    Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.

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  • 1 Samuel 3:15

    Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,

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  • Esther 2:19

    When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

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