Esther 6:7

Complete Jewish Bible

So Haman answered the king, "For a man the king wants to honor,

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,

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,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes 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 The king then asked, "Who's that in the courtyard?" For Haman had come into the outer courtyard of the king's palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordekhai on the gallows he had prepared for him. ⁵ The king's servants told him, "It's Haman standing there in the courtyard." The king said, "Have him come in." ⁶ So Haman came in. The king said to him, "What should be done for a man that the king wants to honor?" Haman thought to himself, "Whom would the king want to honor more than me?" ⁷ So Haman answered the king, "For a man the king wants to honor, ⁸ have royal robes brought which the king himself wears and the horse the king himself rides, with a royal crown on its head. ⁹ The robes and the horse should be handed over to one of the king's most respected officials, and they should put the robes on the man the king wants to honor and lead him on horseback through the streets of the city, proclaiming ahead of him, ‘This is what is done for a man whom the king wants to honor.'" ¹⁰ The king said to Haman, "Hurry, and take the robes and the horse, as you said, and do this for Mordekhai the Jew, who sits at the King's Gate. Don't leave out anything you mentioned." ¹¹ So Haman took the robes and the horse, dressed Mordekhai and led him riding through the streets of the city, as he proclaimed ahead of him, "This is what is done for a man whom the king wants to honor."

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
In time, when men began to multiply on earth, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:2
the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were attractive; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

Genesis 6:3
Adonai said, "My Spirit will not live in human beings forever, for they too are flesh; therefore their life span is to be 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
The N'filim were on the earth in those days, and also afterwards, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; these were the ancient heroes, men of renown.

Genesis 6:20
Of each kind of bird, each kind of livestock, and each kind of animal creeping on the ground, two are to come to you, so that they can be kept alive.

Genesis 6:22
This is what Noach did; he did all that God ordered him to do.

Psalms 37:20
For the wicked will perish; Adonai 's enemies will be like sheep fat, ending up as smoke, finished.

Proverbs 10:27
The fear of Adonai adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

Proverbs 16:4
Adonai made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of disaster.

Hosea 4:3
Therefore the land mourns, and everyone living there languishes, wild animals too, and the birds in the air; even the fish in the sea are removed.

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.