Esther 6:12
10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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
- 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.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Samuel 15:30
And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up.
Read in contextJeremiah 14:3–4
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
Read in context1 Kings 21:4
And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.
Read in contextJob 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Read in contextJob 9:24
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
Read in context1 Kings 20:43
And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
Read in context1 Samuel 3:15
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
Read in contextEsther 2:19
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
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