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Mordecai Is Honored

Esther 6:5

In 11 translations

BSB
So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
KJV
And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
WEB
The king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.” The king said, “Let him come in.” The king’s servants said, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.” And the king said, “Call him!”“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
ASV
And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
LSV
And the servants of the king say to him, “Behold, Haman is standing in the court”; and the king says, “Let him come in.”
YLT
and the servants of the king say unto him, 'Lo, Haman is standing in the court;' and the king saith, 'Let him come in.'
DBY
And the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
DRC
The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court, and the king said: Let him come in.
GNV
And the Kings seruants said vnto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the King sayd, Let him come in.
JPS
And the king's servants said unto him: 'Behold, Haman standeth in the court.' And the king said: 'Let him come in.'
LXXE
And the king's servants said, Behold, Aman stands in the court. And the king said, Call him.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ נַעֲרֵ֤י הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ אֵלָ֔יו הִנֵּ֥ה הָמָ֖ן עֹמֵ֣ד בֶּחָצֵ֑ר וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יָבֽוֹא׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπαν οἱ διάκονοι τοῦ βασιλέως, ἰδοὺ Ἀμὰν ἕστηκεν ἐν τῇ αὐλῇ· καὶ εἶπεν ὁ βασιλεύς, καλέσατε αὐτόν.

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