Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

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,

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,

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 And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, 'What -- to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?' And Haman saith in his heart, 'To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?' 7 And Haman saith unto the king, 'The man in whose honour the king hath delighted, 8 let them bring in royal clothing that the king hath put on himself, and a horse on which the king hath ridden, and that the royal crown be put on his head,


Cross References

Esther 6:9

and to give the clothing and the horse into the hand of a man of the heads of the king, the chiefs, and they have clothed the man in whose honour the king hath delighted, and caused him to ride on the horse in a broad place of the city, and called before him: Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.'

Esther 6:11

And Haman taketh the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causeth him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calleth before him, 'Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.'

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