6So Haman came in. The king said to him, |What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?| Now Haman said in his heart, |Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?|


In Context

3 The king said, |What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?| Then the king's servants who attended him said, |Nothing has been done for him.|

4 The king said, |Who is in the court?| Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5 The king's servants said to him, |Behold, Haman stands in the court.| The king said, |Let him come in.|

6 So Haman came in. The king said to him, |What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?| Now Haman said in his heart, |Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?|

7 Haman said to the king, |For the man whom the king delights to honor,

8 let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a crown royal is set.

Esther 6:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:6So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:6When Haman entered, the king asked him, "What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?" Now Haman thought to himself, "Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:6And when he was come in, he said to him: What ought to be done to the man whom the king is desirous to honour? But Aman thinking in his heart, and supposing that the king would honour no other but himself,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:6So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done with the man whom the king delights to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to me?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:6So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:6And 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?'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:6So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?