KJV King James Version
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
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Esther 6:12
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
WEB World English Bible
Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
ASV American Standard Version
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,
Surrounding context — Esther 6
9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man [withal] whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.
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.
12 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.
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וַיָּ֥שָׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnמָרְדֳּכַ֖יH4782 · mor.de.khayMordecaiאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)שַׁ֣עַרH8179 · sha.argateהַמֶּ֑לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingוְהָמָן֙H2001 · ha.manHamanנִדְחַ֣ףH1765 · da.chaphto hastenאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)בֵּית֔וֹH1004 · betplaceאָבֵ֖לH57 · a.velmourningוַחֲפ֥וּיH2645 · cha.phahto coverרֹֽאשׁ׃H7218 · roshhead
Cross-references
2 Samuel 15:30And 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.Jeremiah 14:3-4And 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.Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked [is] short, and the joy of the hypocrite [but] for a moment?1 Kings 21:4And 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.Psalm 131:1-2A Song of degrees of David. LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.1 Samuel 3:15And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.Esther 7:8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther [was]. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.2 Samuel 17:23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled [his] ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.Esther 2:19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, [and] who [is] he?1 Kings 20:43And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.2 Chronicles 26:20And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he [was] leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
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