Esther 6:12

In 11 translations

BSB

Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

KJV

¶ And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

WEB

Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered. Then Mordecai returned to the palace; but Haman went home mourning, with his head covered.

ASV

And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

LSV

And Mordecai turns back to the gate of the king, and Haman has been hurried to his house mourning, and with covered head,

YLT

And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,

DBY

And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

DRC

But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:

GNV

And Mordecai came againe to the Kings gate, but Haman hasted home mourning and his head couered.

JPS

And Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

LXXE

And Mardochæus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning, and having his head covered.

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WLC

וַיָּ֥שָׁב מָרְדֳּכַ֖י אֶל־שַׁ֣עַר הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ וְהָמָן֙ נִדְחַ֣ף אֶל־בֵּית֔וֹ אָבֵ֖ל וַחֲפ֥וּי רֹֽאשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπέστρεψε δὲ ὁ Μαρδοχαῖος εἰς τὴν αὐλήν· Ἁμὰν δὲ ὑπέστρεψεν εἰς τὰ ἴδια λυπούμενος κατὰ κεφαλῆς.

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• 2 Samuel 15:30But David continued up the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went up. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. And all the people with him covered their heads and went up, weeping as they went.
• Jeremiah 14:3–4The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads. The ground is cracked because no rain has fallen…
• Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
• 1 Kings 21:4So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.
• 1 Samuel 3:15Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
• 2 Chronicles 26:20When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.
• Esther 7:8Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As…
• Psalms 131:1–2My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me. Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child…
• 2 Samuel 17:23When Ahithophel saw that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and set out for his house in his hometown. He put his affairs in order and hanged himself. So he died and was buried in his father’s tomb.
• Esther 2:19When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
• Job 9:24The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
• 1 Kings 20:43Sullen and angry, the king of Israel went home to Samaria.

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