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Haman’s Plot against Mordecai

Esther 5:10

In 11 translations

BSB
Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
KJV
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.called…: Heb. caused to come
WEB
Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife. Having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zeresh.
ASV
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.
LSV
And Haman forces himself, and comes into his house, and sends, and brings in his friends, and his wife Zeresh,
YLT
And Haman forceth himself, and cometh in unto his house, and sendeth, and bringeth in his friends, and Zeresh his wife,
DBY
But Haman controlled himself, and came home; and he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
DRC
But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called together to him his friends, and Zares his wife:
GNV
Neuerthelesse Haman refrayned himselfe: and when he came home, he sent, and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
JPS
Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh his wife.
LXXE
And having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zosara.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּתְאַפַּ֣ק הָמָ֔ן וַיָּב֖וֹא אֶל־בֵּית֑וֹ וַיִּשְׁלַ֛ח וַיָּבֵ֥א אֶת־אֹהֲבָ֖יו וְאֶת־זֶ֥רֶשׁ אִשְׁתּֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἰσελθὼν εἰς τὰ ἴδια, ἐκάλεσε τοὺς φίλους, καὶ Ζωσάραν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ,

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  • Esther 6:13Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against…
  • Ecclesiastes 7:9Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
  • 2 Samuel 13:22–23And Absalom never said a word to Amnon, either good or bad, because he hated Amnon for disgracing his sister Tamar. Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons…
  • Genesis 43:30–31Joseph hurried out because he was moved to tears for his brother, and he went to a private room to weep. Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
  • Genesis 45:1Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all his attendants, and he cried out, “Send everyone away from me!” So none of them were with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers.

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