5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.


In Context

2 All the royal officials at the king's gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor.

3 Then the royal officials at the king's gate asked Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's command?"

4 Day after day they spoke to him but he refused to comply. Therefore they told Haman about it to see whether Mordecai's behavior would be tolerated, for he had told them he was a Jew.

5 When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged.

6 Yet having learned who Mordecai's people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai's people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes.

7 In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, they cast the pur (that is, the lot) in the presence of Haman to select a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

Esther 3:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Now when Aman had heard this, and had proved by experience that Mardochai did not bend his knee to him, nor worship him, he was exceeding angry.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, Haman was full of fury.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not down, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5When Haman saw that Mordecai didn't bow down, nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5And Haman seeth that Mordecai is not bowing and doing obeisance to him, and Haman is full of fury,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.