Esther 5:13

13 But these things please me not, while I see Mardochaeus the Jew in the court.

Esther 5:13 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 5:13

Yet all this availeth me nothing
Is not equal or sufficient for me; it gives me no satisfaction and contentment:

so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate:
not rising up to bow unto him; this single circumstance spoiled all his joy and pleasure.

Esther 5:13 In-Context

11 And he shewed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom.
12 And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow.
13 But these things please me not, while I see Mardochaeus the Jew in the court.
14 And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for thee of fifty cubits, and in the morning do thou speak to the king, and let Mardochaeus be hanged on the gallows: but do thou go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.

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