Esther 6:12
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
Esther 6:12 in other translations
| BSB | Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head, |
| DARBY | And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered. |
| BBE | And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered. |
| Webster | And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered. |
What does Esther 6:12 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 6:12-14
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Esther 6:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Esther 6:12
- 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.
- Jeremiah 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. Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
- 1 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.
- Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
- Job 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?
- 1 Kings 20:43
And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria.
- 1 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.
- Esther 2:19
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
- 2 Samuel 17:23
And 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.
- 2 Chronicles 26:20
And 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.
- Psalms 131:1-2
A 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. Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.
- Esther 7:8
Then 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.
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Context
- Esther 6:11
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.
- Esther 6:12
And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
- Esther 6:13
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.
Esther 6:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Después de esto Mardochêo se volvió á la puerta del rey, y Amán se fué corriendo á su casa, apesadumbrado y cubierta su cabeza. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Mardochée revint à la porte du roi. Et Haman se rendit en hâte à sa maison, triste et la tête couverte. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Mordokai kehrte zum Tore des Königs zurück. Haman aber eilte nach seinem Hause, traurig und mit verhülltem Haupte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Reversusque est Mardochæus ad januam palatii: et Aman festinavit ire in domum suam, lugens et operto capite: |