Esther 6:13

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!”

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

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.

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 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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”
ASV
And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
DARBY
And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but wilt certainly fall before him.
BLB
And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his loved ones all that had happened to him. And his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai [is] from the seed of the Jews, whom you have begun to fall before his face, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before his face.”
ÅB
Han fortalte sin hustru Seres og alle sine venner alt det som hadde hendt ham; da sa hans vismenn og hans hustru Seres til ham: Hvis Mordekai, som du har begynt å stå tilbake for, er av jødisk slekt, da formår du intet mot ham, men vil komme til å stå aldeles tilbake for ham.
OTB
Haman fortalte Zeresh, sin kone, og alle sine venner alt som hadde skjedd med ham. Hans vise menn og hans kone Zeresh sa til ham: “Hvis Mordekai, foran hvem du har begynt å falle, er av jødisk avstamning, vil du ikke seire mot ham, men vil sikkert gå til grunne.”
B1930
Han fortalte sin hustru Seres og alle sine venner alt det som hadde hendt ham; da sa hans vismenn og hans hustru Seres til ham: Hvis Mordekai, som du har begynt å stå tilbake for, er av jødisk ætt, da formår du intet mot ham, men vil komme til å stå aldeles tilbake for ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Proverbs 28:18

    He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.

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  • Hosea 14:9

    Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.

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  • Genesis 40:19

    Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

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  • Daniel 2:12

    This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

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  • Daniel 5:26–28

    And this is the interpretation of the message: MENE means that God has numbered the days of your reign and brought it to an end.

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  • Genesis 41:8

    In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

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  • Esther 5:10–14

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

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  • Job 16:2

    “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.

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