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Brenton's Septuagint

Esther 6:7

and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honour,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ambition;   Civil Service;   Mordecai;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Delight;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bigthan;   Esther;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Sathrabuzanes;   Shethar-Bozenai;   Sisinnes;   Tattenai;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Esther, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ahasuerus;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for June 30;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Haman told the king, “For the man the king wants to honor:
Hebrew Names Version
Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,
King James Version
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
English Standard Version
And Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,
New Century Version
So he answered the king, "This is what you could do for the man you want very much to honor.
New English Translation
So Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king wishes to honor,
Amplified Bible
So Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king desires to honor,
New American Standard Bible
Therefore Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king desires to honor,
World English Bible
Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Haman answered the King, The man whome the King would honour,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,
Berean Standard Bible
And Haman told the king, "For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
Contemporary English Version
So he replied, "Your Majesty, if you wish to honor a man,
Complete Jewish Bible
So Haman answered the king, "For a man the king wants to honor,
Darby Translation
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honour,
Easy-to-Read Version
So Haman answered the king, "Do this for the man the king loves to honor:
George Lamsa Translation
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,
Good News Translation
So he answered the king, "Have royal robes brought for this man—robes that you yourself wear. Have a royal ornament put on your own horse.
Lexham English Bible
So Haman said to the king, "For a man whom the king wishes to honor,
Literal Translation
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Aman sayde vnto the kynge: Let the man vnto whom the kynge wolde be glad to do worshippe, be broughte hither,
American Standard Version
And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,
Bible in Basic English
And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Haman aunswered the king: Let the man whom the king pleaseth to bring vnto worship, be brought hither,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Haman said unto the king: 'For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
King James Version (1611)
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
English Revised Version
And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he answeride, The man, whom the kyng couetith to onoure,
Update Bible Version
And Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,
Webster's Bible Translation
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,
New King James Version
And Haman answered the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,
New Living Translation
So he replied, "If the king wishes to honor someone,
New Life Bible
Then Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king wants to honor,
New Revised Standard
So Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king wishes to honor,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Haman said unto the king, - As touching the man in whose honour, the king, delighteth,
Douay-Rheims Bible
Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,
Revised Standard Version
and Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,
Young's Literal Translation
And Haman saith unto the king, `The man in whose honour the king hath delighted,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king desires to honor,

Contextual Overview

4 And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mardochaeus, behold, Aman was in the court. And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Aman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mardochaeus on the gallows, which he had prepared. 5 And the king’s servants said, Behold, Aman stands in the court. And the king said, Call him. 6 And the king said to Aman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to honour? And Aman said within himself, Whom would the king honour but myself? 7 and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honour, 8 let the king’s servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts on, and the horse on which the king rides, 9 and let him give it to one of the king’s noble friends, and let him array the man whom the king loves; and let him mount him on the horse, and proclaim through the street of the city, saying, Thus shall it be done to every man whom the king honours. 10 Then the king said to Aman, Thou hast well said: so do to Mardochaeus the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what thou hast spoken be neglected. 11 So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochaeus, and mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to honour.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

whom the king: etc. Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth, Esther 6:9, Esther 6:11

Reciprocal: Genesis 41:42 - his ring

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
And Noe was five hundred years old, and he begot three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:2
And it came to pass when men began to be numerous upon the earth, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:3
that the sons of God having seen the daughters of men that they were beautiful, took to themselves wives of all whom they chose.
Genesis 6:4
And the Lord God said, My Spirit shall certainly not remain among these men for ever, because they are flesh, but their days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Genesis 6:20
And of all cattle and of all reptiles and of all wild beasts, even of all flesh, thou shalt bring by pairs of all, into the ark, that thou mayest feed them with thyself: male and female they shall be.
Genesis 6:22
And thou shalt take to thyself of all kinds of food which ye eat, and thou shalt gather them to thyself, and it shall be for thee and them to eat.
Psalms 37:20
For the sinners shall perish; and the enemies of the Lord at the moment of their being honoured and exalted have utterly vanished like smoke.
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the Lord adds length of days: but the years of the ungodly shall be shortened.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:
Zephaniah 1:3
Let man and cattle be cut off; let the birds of the air and the fishes of the sea be cut off; and the ungodly shall fail, and I will take away the transgressors from the face of the land, saith the Lord.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Haman answered the king,.... At once, being very prompt to suggest the honours he hoped to have done to himself:

for the man whom the king delighteth to honour; let the following things be done.


 
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