Esther 6:5
3 The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
4 “Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
6 Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
7 And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- 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.”
- ASV
- And the king`s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
- DARBY
- And the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
- BLB
- And the young men of the king said to him, “Behold, Haman is standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.”
- ÅB
- Kongens tjenere svarte: Det er Haman som står der ute i gården. Kongen så: La ham komme inn!
- OTB
- Kongens tjenere svarte: “Haman står i gården.” Kongen sa: “Bring ham inn.”
- B1930
- Kongens tjenere svarte: Det er Haman som står der ute i gården. Kongen så: La ham komme inn!