THEOSISEsther 5:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And whereas I have all these things, I think I have nothing, so long as I see Mardochai the Jew sitting before the king's gate.
וְכָל־זֶ֕ה אֵינֶ֥נּוּ שֹׁוֶ֖ה לִ֑י בְּכָל־עֵ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר אֲנִ֤י רֹאֶה֙ אֶת־מָרְדֳּכַ֣י הַיְּהוּדִ֔י יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּשַׁ֥עַר הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Phil 4:11I speak not as it were for want. For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content therewith.
- Phil 4:12I know both how to be brought low, and I know how to abound (every where and in all things I am instructed): both to be full and to be hungry: both to abound and to suffer need.
- Job 18:4Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?
- Eccl 1:14I have seen all things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity, and vexation of spirit.
- Eccl 1:2Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity.
- Job 15:20The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.
- Esth 5:9So Aman went out that day joyful and merry. And when he saw Mardochai sitting before the gate of the palace, and that he not only did not rise up to honour him, but did not so much as move from the place where he sat, he was exceedingly angry: