And Haman answered the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,
Parallel translations
- WEB Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,
- KJV And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
- BSB And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
- NASB Therefore Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king desires to honor,
- NLT So he replied, “If the king wishes to honor someone,
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Quick answer
Haman begins his answer about the man the king wishes to honor. His vanity is about to script his own humiliation.
Overview
Confident the honor is for himself, Haman launches into an elaborate proposal. His words set up the reversal in which he must bestow these very honors on Mordecai. The narrative savors the irony of the proud man preparing his own undoing.
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Cross-references · 2
- Esth 6:11Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”
- Esth 6:9Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’”
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