Esther 3:5

5 And Haman saw that Mordecai was not kneeling and bowing down to him, and he was filled [with] anger.

Esther 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 3:5

And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
reverence
For, after the information given him, he observed and watched him, to see whether he bowed and did him reverence or not:

then was Haman full of wrath;
exceedingly displeased and angry; it was such a mortification to him he could not bear.

Esther 3:5 In-Context

3 And the king's servants who [were] at the gate of the king said to Mordecai, "Why [are] you transgressing the command of the king?"

4 They spoke to him day after day, but he did not listen to them, and they informed Haman to see if {Mordecai's resolve would prevail}; for he had told them that he [was] a Jew.

5 And Haman saw that Mordecai was not kneeling and bowing down to him, and he was filled [with] anger.

6 But {he considered it beneath him} to lay hands on Mordecai only, for they told him of Mordecai's people, and Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who [were] in the kingdom of Ahasuerus.

7 In the first month, that [is], the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasurus, he cast pur--that [is], the lot--before the presence of Haman {for the day and for the month}, until the twelfth month, that [is], the month of Adar.