Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then Mordecai returned to the gate of the king, and Haman rushed to his house mournful and with his head covered.
New American Standard Bible
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried home, mourning,
King James Version
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
Holman Bible
Then Mordecai returned to the King’s Gate,
International Standard Version
Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate, while Haman hurried to his house, mourning and hiding his face.
A Conservative Version
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
American Standard Version
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
Amplified
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his [own] house, mourning and with his head covered [in sorrow].
Bible in Basic English
And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.
Darby Translation
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
Julia Smith Translation
And Mordecai will turn back to the king's gate. And Haman hastened to his house, and the head covered.
King James 2000
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hastened to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
Modern King James verseion
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate, but Haman gat him home in all the haste, mourning bare-headed,
NET Bible
Then Mordecai again sat at the king's gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head.
New Heart English Bible
Mordecai came back to the king's gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
The Emphasized Bible
Then Mordecai returned unto the gate of the king, - but, Haman, hurried unto his own house, mourning, and with covered head.
Webster
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
World English Bible
Mordecai came back to the king's gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
Youngs Literal Translation
And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 6:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mordecai Is Honored
11 So Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai and let him ride through the public square of the city; and he proclaimed before him, "Thus, it is done to the man whom the king wishes to honor." 12 Then Mordecai returned to the gate of the king, and Haman rushed to his house mournful and with his head covered. 13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends all that had happened to him. And his advisers and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, [is] {from the descendants of the Jews}, you will not prevail against him, but will certainly fall before him."
Phrases
Cross References
2 Samuel 15:30
Now David [was] going up on the Ascent of the Olives, {weeping as he went}, with his head covered and going barefoot. All the people who [were] with him each covered their head {and wept as they went}.
Jeremiah 14:3-4
And their nobles send their servants for water. They come to [the] pits, they find no water. They return [with] their vessels {empty}. They are ashamed, and they are confounded, and they cover their heads.
1 Samuel 3:15
So Samuel lay down until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of Yahweh, but Samuel was afraid of telling the vision to Eli.
2 Samuel 17:23
When Ahithophel saw that his advice [was] not followed, he saddled the donkey, and he set out and went up to his house in his city. {After he set his house in order}, he hanged himself, and he died and was buried in the tomb of his ancestors.
1 Kings 20:43
Then the king of Israel went to his house, sullen and angry, and he came to Samaria.
1 Kings 21:4
Then Ahab went to his house, sullen and angry because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him [when] he had said, "I will not give to you the inheritance of my ancestors." So he lay on his bed, turned away his face, and would not eat [any] food.
2 Chronicles 26:20
When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him, behold, he [was] leprous in the forehead. So they rushed him away from there, and he also hastened to go out, for Yahweh had smitten him.
Esther 2:19
When [the] virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai [was] sitting at the gate of the king.
Esther 7:8
And the king returned from the palace garden to the {banquet hall}, [where] Haman [was] lying prostrate on the couch that Esther [was] on, and the king said, "Will he also molest the queen with me in the house?" As the words went from the king's mouth they covered Haman's face.
Job 9:24
The earth is given into [the] hand of [the] wicked; he covers the face of its judge-- if [it is] not [he], then who [is] it?
Job 20:5
that [the] rejoicing of [the] wicked [is] {short}, and the joy of [the] godless {lasts only a moment}?
Psalm 131:1-2
My heart is not haughty nor my eyes {arrogant}. And I do not {concern myself} with things too great and difficult for me.