Esther 5:13
Good News Translation
But none of this means a thing to me as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the entrance of the palace."

New Revised Standard Version
Yet all this does me no good so long as I see the Jew Mordecai sitting at the king’s gate.”

Contemporary English Version
But none of this makes me happy, as long as I see that Jew Mordecai serving the king."

New American Bible
Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I continue to see the Jew Mordecai sitting at the royal gate.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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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.

Yet all this.

1 Kings 21:4-6 And Achab came into his house angry and fretting, because of the word that Naboth, the Jezrahelite, had spoken to him, saying: I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And casting himself upon his bed, he turned away his face to the wall, and would eat no bread. . . .

Job 15:20 The wicked man is proud all his days, and the number of the years of his tyranny is uncertain.

Job 18:4 Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?

Ecclesiastes 1:2,14 Vanity of vanities, said Ecclesiastes: vanity of vanities, and all is vanity. . . .

Philippians 4:11,12 I speak not as it were for want. For I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, to be content therewith. . . .

Context
Haman's Plot Against Mordecai
12And after this he said: Queen Esther also hath invited no other to the banquet with the king, but me: and with her I am also to dine to morrow with the king: 13And 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.14Then Zares his wife, and the rest of his friends answered him: Order a great beam to be prepared, fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king, that Mardochai may be hanged upon it, and so thou shalt go full of joy with the king to the banquet. The counsel pleased him, and he commanded a high gibbet to be prepared.…
Cross References
Ezra 2:2
Who came with Zorobabel, Josue, Nehemia, Saraia, Rahelaia, Mardochai, Belsan, Mesphar, Beguai, Rehum, Baana. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

Esther 5:9
So 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:

Esther 5:12
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