This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation Esther (Greek) 3:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20212 In those days, when King Artaxerxes was enthroned in the city of Susa, See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible2 Everyone at the court would kneel and bow down to Haman because the king had so ordered. But Mordecai didn’t kneel or bow down. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version2 And all the king's servants, that were at the doors of the palace, bent their knees, and worshipped Aman: for so the emperor had commanded them. Only Mardochai did not bend his knee, nor worship him. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)2 The king ordered all the officials in his service to show their respect for Haman by bowing to him. They all did so, except Mordecai, who refused to bow to Haman. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers2 All in the palace bowed down to him, for so the king had given orders to do; but Mordecai didn’t bow down to him. See the chapterContemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition2 The king ordered all of his officials to bow down to Haman, and all of them obeyed except Mordecai. See the chapter |