12Mordecai came back to the king's gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.


In Context

9 Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, 'Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!'|

10 Then the king said to Haman, |Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.|

11 Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, |Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!|

12 Mordecai came back to the king's gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

13 Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, |If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.|

14 While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

Esther 6:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:12Afterward Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:12But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house mourning, and having his head covered.