Esther 3:4-6
Christian Standard Bible
4 When they had warned him day after day(A) and he still would not listen to them, they told Haman in order to see if Mordecai’s actions would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing down or paying him homage, he was filled with rage.(B) 6 And when he learned of Mordecai’s ethnic identity, it seemed repugnant to Haman to do away with[a] Mordecai alone. He planned to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews,(C) throughout Ahasuerus’s kingdom.(D)
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- 3:6 Lit to stretch out a hand against
Esther 5:13
Christian Standard Bible
13 Still, none of this satisfies me since I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the King’s Gate all the time.”
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