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Esther 6 (WEBP)

[1] On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.
[2] It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.
[3] The king said, “What honor and dignity has been given to 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 royal crown is set.
[9] Let 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 it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’ ”
[10] Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.”
[11] Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”
[12] Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered.
[13] Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”
[14] While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

Esther 6:5 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Esther 6 (KJVS)

[1] On that night H3915 could not H5074 (8804) the king H4428 sleep H8142, and he commanded H559 (8799) to bring H935 (8687) the book H5612 of records H2146 of the chronicles H1697 H3117; and they were read H7121 (8737) before H6440 the king H4428.
[2] And it was found H4672 (8735) written H3789 (8803), that Mordecai H4782 had told H5046 (8689) of Bigthana H904 and Teresh H8657, two H8147 of the king’s H4428 chamberlains H5631, the keepers H8104 (8802) of the door H5592, who sought H1245 (8765) to lay H7971 (8800) hand H3027 on the king H4428 Ahasuerus H325.
[3] And the king H4428 said H559 (8799), What honour H3366 and dignity H1420 hath been done H6213 (8738) to Mordecai H4782 for this? Then said H559 (8799) the king’s H4428 servants H5288 that ministered H8334 (8764) unto him, There is nothing H1697 done H6213 (8738) for him.
[4] And the king H4428 said H559 (8799), Who [is] in the court H2691? Now Haman H2001 was come H935 (8804) into the outward H2435 court H2691 of the king’s H4428 house H1004, to speak H559 (8800) unto the king H4428 to hang H8518 (8800) Mordecai H4782 on the gallows H6086 that he had prepared H3559 (8689) for him.
[5] And the king’s H4428 servants H5288 said H559 (8799) unto him, Behold, Haman H2001 standeth H5975 (8802) in the court H2691. And the king H4428 said H559 (8799), Let him come in H935 (8799).
[6] So Haman H2001 came in H935 (8799). And the king H4428 said H559 (8799) unto him, What shall be done H6213 (8800) unto the man H376 whom the king H4428 delighteth H2654 (8804) to honour H3366? Now Haman H2001 thought H559 (8799) in his heart H3820, To whom would the king H4428 delight H2654 (8799) to do H6213 (8800) honour H3366 more H3148 than to myself?
[7] And Haman H2001 answered H559 (8799) the king H4428, For the man H376 whom the king H4428 delighteth H2654 (8804) to honour H3366,
[8] Let the royal H4438 apparel H3830 be brought H935 (8686) which the king H4428 [useth] to wear H3847 (8804), and the horse H5483 that the king H4428 rideth H7392 (8804) upon, and the crown H3804 royal H4438 which is set H5414 (8738) upon his head H7218:
[9] And let this apparel H3830 and horse H5483 be delivered H5414 (8800) to the hand H3027 of one H376 of the king’s H4428 most noble H6579 princes H8269, that they may array H3847 (8689) the man H376 [withal] whom the king H4428 delighteth H2654 (8804) to honour H3366, and bring H7392 (8689) him on horseback H5483 through the street H7339 of the city H5892, and proclaim H7121 (8804) before H6440 him, Thus shall it be done H6213 (8735) to the man H376 whom the king H4428 delighteth H2654 (8804) to honour H3366.
[10] Then the king H4428 said H559 (8799) to Haman H2001, Make haste H4116 (8761), [and] take H3947 (8798) the apparel H3830 and the horse H5483, as thou hast said H1696 (8765), and do H6213 (8798) even so to Mordecai H4782 the Jew H3064, that sitteth H3427 (8802) at the king’s H4428 gate H8179: let nothing H1697 fail H5307 (8686) of all that thou hast spoken H1696 (8765).
[11] Then took H3947 (8799) Haman H2001 the apparel H3830 and the horse H5483, and arrayed H3847 (8686) Mordecai H4782, and brought him on horseback H7392 (8686) through the street H7339 of the city H5892, and proclaimed H7121 (8799) before H6440 him, Thus shall it be done H6213 (8735) unto the man H376 whom the king H4428 delighteth H2654 (8804) to honour H3366.
[12] And Mordecai H4782 came again H7725 (8799) to the king’s H4428 gate H8179. But Haman H2001 hasted H1765 (8738) to his house H1004 mourning H57, and having his head H7218 covered H2645 (8802).
[13] And Haman H2001 told H5608 (8762) Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 and all his friends H157 (8802) every [thing] that had befallen H7136 (8804) him. Then said H559 (8799) his wise men H2450 and Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 unto him, If Mordecai H4782 [be] of the seed H2233 of the Jews H3064, before H6440 whom thou hast begun H2490 (8689) to fall H5307 (8800), thou shalt not prevail H3201 (8799) against him, but shalt surely H5307 (8800) fall H5307 (8799) before H6440 him.
[14] And while they [were] yet talking H1696 (8764) with him, came H5060 (8689) the king’s H4428 chamberlains H5631, and hasted H926 (8686) to bring H935 (8687) Haman H2001 unto the banquet H4960 that Esther H635 had prepared H6213 (8804).

Young’s Literal Translation

Esther 6 (YLT)

[1] On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,
[2] and it is found written that Mordecai had declared concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king, of the keepers of the threshold, who sought to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus.
[3] And the king saith, ‘What honour and greatness hath been done to Mordecai for this?’ And the servants of the king, his ministers, say, ‘Nothing hath been done with him.’
[4] And the king saith, ‘Who is in the court?’-and Haman hath come in to the outer court of the house of the king, to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him-
[5] and the servants of the king say unto him, ‘Lo, Haman is standing in the court;’ and the king saith, ‘Let him come in.’
[6] And 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?’
[7] And Haman saith unto the king, ‘The man in whose honour the king hath delighted,
[8] let them bring in royal clothing that the king hath put on himself, and a horse on which the king hath ridden, and that the royal crown be put on his head,
[9] and to give the clothing and the horse into the hand of a man of the heads of the king, the chiefs, and they have clothed the man in whose honour the king hath delighted, and caused him to ride on the horse in a broad place of the city, and called before him: Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.’
[10] And the king saith to Haman, ‘Haste, take the clothing and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the gate of the king; there doth not fall a thing of all that thou hast spoken.’
[11] And Haman taketh the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causeth him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calleth before him, ‘Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.’
[12] And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,
[13] and Haman recounteth to Zeresh his wife, and to all his friends, all that hath met him, and his wise men say to him, and Zeresh his wife, ‘If Mordecai is of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou art not able for him, but dost certainly fall before him.’
[14] They are yet speaking with him, and eunuchs of the king have come, and haste to bring in Haman unto the banquet that Esther hath made.