10Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife,


In Context

7 Esther replied, "My petition and my request is this:

8 If the king regards me with favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king's question."

9 Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the king's gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, he was filled with rage against Mordecai.

10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. Calling together his friends and Zeresh, his wife,

11 Haman boasted to them about his vast wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials.

12 "And that's not all," Haman added. "I'm the only person Queen Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she has invited me along with the king tomorrow.

Esther 5:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

5:10But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called together to him his friends, and Zares his wife:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

5:10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10But Haman controlled himself, and came home; and he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

5:10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10Nevertheless, Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

5:10And Haman forceth himself, and cometh in unto his house, and sendeth, and bringeth in his friends, and Zeresh his wife,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

5:10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.