Esther 5:9-13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 5:9-14

This account here given of Haman is a comment upon that of Solomon, Prov. 21:24. Proud and haughty scorner is his name that deals in proud wrath. Never did any man more answer that name than Haman, in whom pride and wrath had so much the ascendant. See him, I. Puffed up with the honour of being invited to Esther's feast. He was joyful and glad of heart at it, Est. 5:9. Observe with what a high gust he speaks of it (Est. 5:12), how he values himself upon it, and how near he thinks it brings him... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 5:9

Then went Haman forth that day, joyful, and with a glad heart ,.... 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 5:11

And Haman told them of the glory of his riches ,.... Of the multitude of them; which he did partly in a way of ostentation, and partly, if he could, to make his mind easy under the mortification he received from Mordecai; and, it may be, chiefly to aggravate his rudeness and ill behaviour towards him, a man of so much wealth: and the multitude of his children; he had ten, as we learn from Esther 9:10 , but the former Targum enlarges them, beyond credit, to the number of two hundred and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 5:12

Haman said, moreover ,.... To all which he added, and what seemed to delight him most of all, or however was a new additional honour done him: yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself ; which he judged was doing him singular honour; and, by the joint affection of the king and queen to him, he thought himself established in his dignity and grandeur: and tomorrow am I invited unto her also with the king ; had been... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 5:9

That he stood not up , nor moved for him - This was certainly carrying his integrity or inflexibility to the highest pitch. But still we are left to conjecture that some reverence was required, which Mordecai could not conscientiously pay. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 5:11

The multitude of his children - The Asiatic sovereigns delight in the number of their children; and this is one cause why they take so many wives and concubines. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 5:13

Yet all this availeth me nothing - Pride will ever render its possessor unhappy. He has such a high opinion of his own worth, that he conceives himself defrauded by every one who does not pay him all the respect and homage which he conceives to be his due. The soul was made for God, and nothing but God can fill it and make it happy. Angels could not be happy in glory, when they had cast off their allegiance to their Maker. As soon as his heart had departed from God, Adam would... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 5:4-14

Prudence versus Guile. I. EVERYTHING HAS ITS SEASON . Why did not Esther at once lay open her heart to the king? Was she confused by his unexpected kindness, or seized with timidity at the moment of peril? Most likely she was prompted by an intuitive feeling that the time was not fit. She might lose everything by precipitancy. It is wise to study occasion or opportunity. Many failures have resulted solely from want of attention to time and place ( Ecclesiastes 3:1 ). II. ... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Esther 5:9-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 5:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 5:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 5:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 5:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Esther 5:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 5:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 5:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Esther 5:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Esther 5:4-14

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