Ester 5:9

9 ED Haman uscì in quel dì fuori, allegro, e col cuor lieto. Ma quando vide Mardocheo alla porta del re, il qual non si levava, nè si moveva per lui, fu ripieno di furore contro a lui.

Ester 5:9 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:9

Then went Haman forth that day, joyful, and with a glad heart,
&c.] From court to his own house

but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up,
nor moved for him;
did not show him the least degree even of civil respect; which he refused to do, partly lest it should be interpreted an adoration of him, and partly because it was well known to him he had formed a scheme for the destruction of him and all his people; and the rather he refused it to him, as Esther was about to make intercession with the king to revoke his decree, of the success of which he had no doubt; and therefore had nothing to fear from him, but treated him with the utmost contempt, as he deserved:

he was full of wrath against Mordecai;
it was a sad mortification to him, and a great allay of that joy and elation of mind on account of the favour he was in; not with the king only, but the queen also, as he imagined.

Ester 5:9 In-Context

7 Ed Ester rispose, e disse: La mia richiesta, e domanda, è:

8 Che se io ho trovata grazia appo il re, e se piace al re di concedermi la mia richiesta, e di far la mia domanda, il re venga con Haman ad un altro convito che io farò loro; e domani, io farò secondo la parola del re.

9 ED Haman uscì in quel dì fuori, allegro, e col cuor lieto. Ma quando vide Mardocheo alla porta del re, il qual non si levava, nè si moveva per lui, fu ripieno di furore contro a lui.

10 Ma pur si rattenne, e venne in casa sua, e mandò a far venire i suoi amici, e Zeres, sua moglie.

11 Ed Haman raccontò loro la sua gloria, e le sue ricchezze, e la moltitudine de’ suoi figliuoli; ed in quanti modi il re l’avea ingrandito, e come egli l’avea innalzato sopra i principi, e sopra i servitori del re.