Esther 6:7

THE MESSAGE

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,

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 said, "Is there anybody out in the court?" Now Haman had just come into the outer court of the king's palace to talk to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had built for him. ⁵ The king's servants said, "Haman is out there, waiting in the court." "Bring him in," said the king. ⁶When Haman entered, the king said, "What would be appropriate for the man the king especially wants to honor?" Haman thought to himself, "He must be talking about honoring me—who else?" So he answered the king, "For the man the king delights to honor, do this: Bring a royal robe that the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a royal crown on its head. Then give the robe and the horse to one of the king's most noble princes. Have him robe the man whom the king especially wants to honor; have the prince lead him on horseback through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king especially wants to honor!'" ¹⁰ "Go and do it," the king said to Haman. "Don't waste another minute. Take the robe and horse and do what you have proposed to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the King's Gate. Don't leave out a single detail of your plan." ¹¹ So Haman took the robe and horse; he robed Mordecai and led him through the city square, proclaiming before him, "This is what is done for the man whom the king especially 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
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.

Genesis 6:3
Then God said, "I'm not going to breathe life into men and women endlessly. Eventually they're going to die; from now on they can expect a life span of 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
This was back in the days (and also later) when there were giants in the land. The giants came from the union of the sons of God and the daughters of men. These were the mighty men of ancient lore, the famous ones.

Genesis 6:22
Noah did everything God commanded him to do.

Psalms 37:20
God-despisers have had it; God 's enemies are finished— Stripped bare like vineyards at harvest time, vanished like smoke in thin air.

Proverbs 10:27
The Fear-of- God expands your life; a wicked life is a puny life.

Proverbs 16:4
God made everything with a place and purpose; even the wicked are included—but for judgment.

Zephaniah 1:3
"Men and women and animals, including birds and fish— Anything and everything that causes sin—will go, but especially people.

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.