Esther 6:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶ So 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?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ So 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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ So 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?

Common English Bible

⁶ When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king really wants to honor?” Haman thought to himself, Whom would the king really want to honor more than me?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ we commanded that whomever Haman, who is chief over all the provinces, and second after the king, and whom we honor in the place of a father, whomever he would point out should be destroyed by their enemies, with their wives and children, and that no one may take pity on them, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar of this present year,

Esther 6:6 Cross References

Esther 1:15

What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not done the bidding of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

Esther 5:11

And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

Esther 6:11

Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Esther 6:5

And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

Esther 6:7

And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

Esther 6:9

and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and cause him to ride on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

Psalm 35:27

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: Yea, let them say continually, The LORD be magnified, Which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

Proverbs 1:32

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goeth before destruction, And an haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 18:12

Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, And before honour goeth humility.

Proverbs 30:13

There is a generation, Oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delighteth: I have put my spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgement to the Gentiles.

Jeremiah 32:41

Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

Obadiah 1:3

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Matthew 3:17

and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Luke 14:9

and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.

John 5:23

that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which sent him.