Esther 5:10

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

Esther 5:10 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
English Standard Version (ESV)
10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home, and he sent and brought his friends and his wife Zeresh.
New Living Translation (NLT)
10 However, he restrained himself and went on home. Then Haman gathered together his friends and Zeresh, his wife,
The Message Bible (MSG)
10 But he held himself in and went on home. He got his friends together with his wife Zeresh
American Standard Version (ASV)
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
10 However, Haman controlled himself. He went home and sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
10 Yet Haman controlled himself and went home. He sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh to join him.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
10 But Haman was able to control himself. He went on home. Haman called his friends and his wife Zeresh together.

Esther 5:10 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:10

Nevertheless Haman refrained himself
From showing any outward resentment to Mordecai, from laying hands upon him or taking revenge on him, as being too much below him to avenge himself on a single person, when the whole body of the people Mordecai belonged to would shortly feel the power of his hand for such insolent treatment of him:

and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh
his wife;
who, the Targum says, was the daughter of Tatnai, the governor on the other side the river, ( Ezra 5:3 ) .

Esther 5:10 In-Context

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.

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