Esther 6:12

American Standard Version

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

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Esther 6:12 in other translations

Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

Esther 6:12 · World English Bible

Esther 6:12 in context

  1. 10Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
  2. 11Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.
  3. 12And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
  4. 13And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
  5. 14While they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.