Esther 6:7

Easy-to-Read Version

So Haman answered the king, "Do this for the man the king loves 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,

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 Haman had just entered the outer area of the king's palace. He had come to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the hanging post Haman had commanded to be built. The king said, "Who just came into the courtyard?" ⁵ The king's servants said, "Haman is standing in the courtyard." So the king said, "Bring him in." ⁶ When Haman came in, the king asked him a question. He said, "Haman, what should be done for a man the king wants to honor?" Haman thought to himself, "Who is there that the king would want to honor more than me? I'm sure that the king is talking about honoring me." ⁷ So Haman answered the king, "Do this for the man the king loves to honor: ⁸ Have the servants bring a special robe the king himself has worn and a horse the king himself has ridden. Have the servants put the king's special mark on the horse's head. ⁹ Then put one of the king's most important leaders in charge of the robe and the horse, and let the leader put the robe on the man the king wants to honor. Then let him lead him on the horse through the city streets. As he leads him, let him announce, ‘This is done for the man the king wants to honor!'" ¹⁰ "Go quickly," the king commanded Haman. "Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew. He is sitting near the king's gate. Do everything that you suggested." ¹¹ So Haman got the robe and the horse. Then he put the robe on Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city streets. Haman announced ahead of Mordecai, "This is done for the man 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
The number of people on earth continued to increase. When these people had daughters, the sons of God saw how beautiful they were. So they chose the women they wanted. They married them, and the women had their children. Then the Lord said, "People are only human. I will not let my Spirit be troubled by them forever. I will let them live only 120 years." During this time and also later, the Nephilim people lived in the land. They have been famous as powerful soldiers since ancient times.

Genesis 6:20
Two of every kind of bird, animal, and creeping thing will come to you so that you might keep them alive.

Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything God commanded him.

Psalms 37:20
But evil people are the Lord 's enemies, and they will be destroyed. Their valleys will dry up and burn. They will be destroyed completely.

Proverbs 10:27
Respect for the Lord will add years to your life, but the wicked will have their lives cut short.

Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has a plan for everything. In his plan, the wicked will be destroyed.

Hosea 4:3
So the country is like someone crying for the dead, and all of its people are weak. Even the animals of the field, the birds of the sky, and the fish in the sea are dying.

Zephaniah 1:3
I will destroy all the people and all the animals. I will destroy the birds in the air and the fish in the sea. I will destroy the evil people and everything that makes them sin. I will remove all people from the earth." This is what the Lord said.

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.