Esther 3:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

When Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance to him, Haman was infuriated.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or do him reverence, he was very angry.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

Common English Bible

When Haman himself saw that Mordecai didn’t kneel or bow down to him, he became very angry.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when the days of the feast were nearly completed, he invited all the people, who had been found in Susa, from the greatest even to the least, and he commanded a feast to be prepared, for seven days, in the court of the garden and the arboretum, which had been planted by the care and by the hand of the king.

English Standard Version 2016

And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or pay homage to him, Haman was filled with fury.

Esther 3:5 Cross References

Esther 1:12

But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s command conveyed by the eunuchs. At this the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him.

Esther 3:2

And all the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and did obeisance to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or do obeisance.

Esther 3:4

When they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mordecai’s words would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew.

Esther 5:9

Haman went out that day happy and in good spirits, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate and observed that he neither rose nor trembled before him, he was infuriated with Mordecai;

Job 5:2

Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.

Psalm 37:12

The wicked plot against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,

Proverbs 12:16

Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent ignore an insult.

Proverbs 19:19

A violent-tempered person will pay the penalty; if you effect a rescue, you will only have to do it again.

Proverbs 21:24

The proud, haughty person, named Scoffer, acts with arrogant pride.

Ecclesiastes 10:6

folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

Daniel 3:19

Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with rage against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face was distorted. He ordered the furnace heated up seven times more than was customary