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Mordecai Is Honored

Esther 6:7

In 11 translations

BSB
And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
KJV
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,whom the king…: Heb. in whose honour the king delighteth
WEB
Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor, He said to the king, “As for the man whom the king wishes to honor,
ASV
And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,
LSV
And Haman says to the king, “The man in whose honor the king has delighted,
YLT
And Haman saith unto the king, 'The man in whose honour the king hath delighted,
DBY
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honour,
DRC
Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,
GNV
And Haman answered the King, The man whome the King would honour,
JPS
And Haman said unto the king: 'For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
LXXE
and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honour,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הָמָ֖ן אֶל־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ אִ֕ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ חָפֵ֥ץ בִּיקָרֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, ἄνθρωπον ὃν ὁ βασιλεὺς θέλει δοξάσαι,

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  • Esther 6:11So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
  • Esther 6:9Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what…

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