Parallel Verses

King James 2000

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

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,

Bible in Basic English

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

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,

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 unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delights to honor? Now 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 robes be brought which the king has worn, and the horse that the king rides upon, and the royal crown which is set upon his head:

Cross References

Esther 6:9

And let the robes and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man with whom the king delights to honor, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.

Esther 6:11

Then took Haman the robes and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delights to honor.

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