Esther 5:10
Good News Translation
But he controlled himself and went on home. Then he invited his friends to his house and asked his wife Zeresh to join them.

New Revised Standard Version
nevertheless Haman restrained himself and went home. Then he sent and called for his friends and his wife Zeresh,

Contemporary English Version
but he did not say a thing. When Haman got home, he called together his friends and his wife Zeresh

New American Bible
Haman restrained himself, however, and went home, where he summoned his friends and his wife Zeresh.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called together to him his friends, and Zares his wife:

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But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called together to him his friends, and Zares his wife:

refrained.

Genesis 43:30,31 And he made haste, because his heart was moved upon his brother, and tears gushed out: and going into his chamber, he wept. . . .

Genesis 45:1 Joseph could no longer refrain himself before many that stood by: whereupon he commanded that all should go out, and no stranger be present at their knowing one another.

2 Samuel 13:22,23 But Absalom spoke not to Ammon neither good nor evil: for Absalom hated Ammon because he had ravished his sister Thamar. . . .

Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not quickly angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of a fool.

called for his friends.

Esther 6:13 And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him: If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight.

Context
Haman's Plot Against Mordecai
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: 10But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called together to him his friends, and Zares his wife:11And he declared to them the greatness of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and with how great glory the king had advanced him above all his princes and servants.…
Cross References
Esther 6:13
And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him: If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight.

Esther 5:11
And he declared to them the greatness of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and with how great glory the king had advanced him above all his princes and servants.

Esther 5:9
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