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JPS Old Testament

Esther 6:7

And Haman said unto the king: 'For the man whom the king delighteth 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,
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 And the king said: 'Who is in the court?'--Now Haman was come into the outer court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.-- 5 And the king's servants said unto him: 'Behold, Haman standeth in the court.' And the king said: 'Let him come in.' 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him: 'What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour?'--Now Haman said in his heart: 'Whom would the king delight to honour besides myself?'-- 7 And Haman said unto the king: 'For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, 8 let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on whose head a crown royal is set; 9 and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honour, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him: Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.' 10 Then the king said to Haman: 'Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate; let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.' 11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him: 'Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth 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 it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,
Genesis 6:2
that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives, whomsoever they chose.
Genesis 6:3
And the LORD said: 'My spirit shall not abide in man for ever, for that he also is flesh; therefore shall his days be a hundred and twenty years.'
Genesis 6:4
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bore children to them; the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 6:20
Of the fowl after their kind, and of the cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive.
Genesis 6:22
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Psalms 37:20
For the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs--they shall pass away in smoke, they shall pass away.
Proverbs 10:27
The fear of the LORD prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
Proverbs 16:4
The LORD hath made every things for His own purpose, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.
Hosea 4:3
Therefore doth the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein doth languish, with the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also are taken away.

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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