Esther 6:7

Green's Literal Translation

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights 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,

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,

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 And the king said, Who is in the court? And Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for him. ⁵ And the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. ⁶ And Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? And Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself? ⁷ And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor, ⁸ let the royal clothing be brought, which the king puts on himself, and the horse on which the king rides, and the royal crown which is set on his head; ⁹ and let this clothing and horse be given into the hand of men, one of the king's most noble rulers, and let them dress the man whom the king delights to honor, and cause him to ride on the horse through the street of the city, and call out before him, In this way shall be done to the man whom the king delights, in honoring him! ¹⁰ And the king said to Haman, Hurry! Take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Do not fail to do any of all the things you have spoken. ¹¹ And Haman took the clothing and the horse, and dressed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and called out before him, In this way shall be done to the man whom the king delights, in honoring him!

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 about that men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were good, and they took wives for themselves from all those whom they chose.

Genesis 6:3
And Jehovah said, My Spirit shall not always strive with man; in their erring he is flesh. And his days shall be a hundred and twenty years.

Genesis 6:4
The giants were in the earth in those days, and even afterwards when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore to them; they were heroes which existed from ancient time, the men of name.

Genesis 6:20
from the birds according to its kind, and from the cattle according to its kind, from every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind. Two from each shall come in to you to keep alive.

Genesis 6:22
And Noah did so, according to all that God commanded him, so he did.

Psalms 37:20
But the wicked shall perish; yea, the enemies of Jehovah shall be like the beauty of pastures; they are consumed; like smoke, they vanish.

Proverbs 10:27
The fear of Jehovah prolongs days, but the years of the wicked shall be cut short.

Proverbs 16:4
Jehovah has made all for His purpose, yea, even the wicked for the day of evil.

Hosea 4:3
On account of this the land shall mourn, and every one living in it shall droop, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven; yes, also the fish of the sea shall be 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.