Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring,

New American Standard Bible

Then Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king desires to honor,

King James Version

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

Holman Bible

Haman told the king, “For the man the king wants to honor:

International Standard Version

Haman told himself, "Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?" Haman answered the king, "For a man whom the king desires to honor,

A Conservative Version

And Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,

American Standard Version

And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,

Amplified

So Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king desires to honor,

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

And Haman will say to the king, The man whom the king delighted in his honor,

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

So Haman said to the king, "For a man whom the king wishes to honor,

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And Haman said unto the king, "Let the man unto whom the king would be glad to do worship, be brought hither,

NET Bible

So Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king wishes to honor,

New Heart English Bible

Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,

The Emphasized Bible

So Haman said unto the king, - As touching the man in whose honour, the king, delighteth,

Webster

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,

World English Bible

Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,

Youngs Literal Translation

And Haman saith unto the king, 'The man in whose honour the king hath delighted,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
המן 
Haman 
Haman, he
Usage: 55

the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

For the man
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

whom the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

חפץ 
Chaphets 
Usage: 76

Context Readings

Mordecai Is Honored

6 So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring? 7 And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring, 8 Let them take the robes which the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown which is on his head:

Cross References

Esther 6:9

And let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble captains, so that they may put them on the man whom the king has delight in honouring, and let him go on horseback through the streets of the town, with men crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

Esther 6:11

Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.

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