Esther 5:13

13 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."

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 Then Haman told them of his great riches, the multitude of his children, everything in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king.

12 Moreover Haman said, "Besides, Queen Esther invited no one but me to come in with the king to the banquet that she prepared; and tomorrow I am again invited by her, along with the king.

13 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."

14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits high, and in the morning suggest to the king that Mordecai be hanged on it; then go merrily with the king to the banquet." And the thing pleased Haman; so he had the gallows made.