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Esther 6:7

Haman
Pride

5 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?”

And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,

8 have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.

9 Let 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 is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

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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
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,
WEB
Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,
ASV
And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor,
DARBY
And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honour,
BLB
And Haman said to the king, “The man whom the king delights to honor,
ÅB
Og han sa til kongen: Er det en mann kongen har lyst til å ære,
OTB
Så Haman svarte kongen: “For den personen som kongen ønsker å ære,
B1930
Og han sa til kongen: Er det en mann kongen har lyst til å ære,

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Cross references

  • Esther 6:11

    So 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!”

    Read in context

  • Esther 6:9

    Let 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 is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

    Read in context