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Esther 6:13

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6:13Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men,12 along with his wife Zeresh, said to him, “If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish,13 you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!”

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  1. 12 Part of the Greek tradition and the understand this word as “friends,” probably reading the Hebrew term רֲכָמָיו (rakhamayv, “his friends”) rather than the reading of the חֲכָמָיו (hakhamayv, “his wise men”). Cf. “all his friends”; the two readings appear to be conflated by as “those wise friends of his.”
  2. 13 Heb “from the seed of the Jews”; , similar.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not overcome him but will surely fall before him.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him.

His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him—you will surely come to ruin!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai is Jewish, and you have begun to fall before him, you won’t overcome him, because your downfall is certain.”

NLTNew Living Translation

When Haman told his wife, Zeresh, and all his friends what had happened, his wise advisers and his wife said, “Since Mordecai—this man who has humiliated you—is of Jewish birth, you will never succeed in your plans against him. It will be fatal to continue opposing him.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.