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World English Bible Classic
[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.

Footnotes

  1. § 6:5 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
King James Version
[1] On that night H3915 could not H5074 the king H4428 sleep, H8142§ and he commanded H559 to bring H935 H853 the book H5612 of records H2146 of the chronicles; H1697 H3117 and they were read H7121 before H6440 the king. H4428 [2] And it was found H4672 written, H3789 that Mordecai H4782 had told H5046 of Bigthana H904§ and Teresh, H8657 two H8147 of the king’s H4428 chamberlains, H5631 the keepers H8104 of the door, H5592§ who H834 sought H1245 to lay H7971 hand H3027 on H5921 the king H4428 Ahasuerus. H325 [3] And the king H4428 said, H559 What H4100 honour H3366 and dignity H1420 hath been done H6213 to Mordecai H4782 for this? Then said H559 the king’s H4428 servants H5288 that ministered H8334 unto him, There is nothing H1697 done H6213 for him. [4] And the king H4428 said, H559 Who is in the court? H2691 Now Haman H2001 was come H935 into the outward H2435 court H2691 of the king’s H4428 house, H1004 to speak H559 unto the king H4428 to hang H8518 H853 Mordecai H4782 on H5921 the gallows H6086 that he had prepared H3559 for him. [5] And the king’s H4428 servants H5288 said H559 unto H413 him, Behold, Haman H2001 standeth H5975 in the court. H2691 And the king H4428 said, H559 Let him come in. H935 [6] So Haman H2001 came in. H935 And the king H4428 said H559 unto him, What shall be done H6213 unto the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 delighteth H2654 to honour? H3366 Now Haman H2001 thought H559 in his heart, H3820 To whom would the king H4428 delight H2654 to do H6213 honour H3366 more H3148 than to myself? [7] And Haman H2001 answered H559 the king, H4428 For the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 delighteth H2654 to honour, H3366 [8] let the royal H4438 apparel H3830 be brought H935§ which H834 the king H4428 useth to wear, H3847§ and the horse H5483 that the king H4428 rideth H7392 upon, and the crown H3804 royal H4438 which H834 is set H5414 upon H5921 his head: H7218 [9] and let this apparel H3830 and horse H5483 be delivered H5414 to the hand H3027 of one H376 of the king’s H4428 most noble H6579 princes, H8269 that they may array H3847 the man H376 withal whom the king H4428 delighteth H2654 to honour, H3366 and bring H7392 him on horseback H5483§ through the street H7339 of the city, H5892 and proclaim H7121 before H6440 him, Thus shall it be done H6213 to the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 delighteth H2654 to honour. H3366 [10] Then the king H4428 said H559 to Haman, H2001 Make haste, H4116 and take H3947 H853 the apparel H3830 and the horse, H5483 as thou hast said, H1696 and do H6213 even so to Mordecai H4782 the Jew, H3064 that sitteth H3427 at the king’s H4428 gate: H8179 let nothing H1697 fail H5307§ of all that thou hast spoken. H1696 [11] Then took H3947 Haman H2001 H853 the apparel H3830 and the horse, H5483 and arrayed H3847 H853 Mordecai, H4782 and brought him on horseback H7392 through the street H7339 of the city, H5892 and proclaimed H7121 before H6440 him, Thus shall it be done H6213 unto the man H376 whom H834 the king H4428 delighteth H2654 to honour. H3366 [12] And Mordecai H4782 came again H7725 to the king’s H4428 gate. H8179 But Haman H2001 hasted H1765 to his house H1004 mourning, H57 and having his head H7218 covered. H2645 [13] And Haman H2001 told H5608 Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 and all his friends H157 every thing that had befallen H7136 him. Then said H559 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 H834 thou hast begun H2490 to fall, H5307 thou shalt not prevail H3201 against him, but shalt H5307 surely H3588 fall H5307 before H6440 him. [14] And while they were yet talking H1696 with H5973 him, came H5060 the king’s H4428 chamberlains, H5631 and hasted H926 to bring H935 H853 Haman H2001 unto H413 the banquet H4960 that Esther H635 had prepared. H6213

Footnotes

  1. § 6:1 Heb. the kings sleep fled away
  2. § 6:2a Or, Bigthan
  3. § 6:2b Heb. threshold
  4. § 6:8a Heb. let them bring the royal apparel
  5. § 6:8b Heb. wherewith the king clotheth himself
  6. § 6:9 Heb. cause him to ride
  7. § 6:10 Heb. suffer not a whit to fail
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 κύριος G2962 ἀπέστησεν G868 τὸν G3588 ὕπνον G5258 ἀπὸ G575 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 τὴν G3588 νύκτα G3571 ἐκείνην, G1565 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 τῷ G3588 διδασκάλῳ G1320 αὐτοῦ G846 εἰσφέρειν G1533 γράμματα G1121 μνημόσυνα G3422 τῶν G3588 ἡμερῶν G2250 ἀναγινώσκειν G314 αὐτῷ. G846 [2] Εὗρεν G2147 δὲ G1161 τὰ G3588 γράμματα G1121 τὰ G3588 γραφέντα G1125 περὶ G4012 Μαρδοχαίου, ὡς G5613 ἀπήγγειλεν G518 τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ G935 περὶ G4012 τῶν G3588 δύο G1417 εὐνούχων G2135 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 φυλάσσειν G5442 αὐτοὺς G846 καὶ G2532 ζητῆσαι G2212 ἐπιβαλεῖν G1911 τὰς G3588 χεῖρας G5495 Ἀρταξέρξῃ. [3] Εἶπεν G2036 δὲ G1161 ὁ G3588 βασιλεύς G935 Τίνα G5101 δόξαν G1391 ἢ G2228 χάριν G5485 ἐποιήσαμεν G4160 τῷ G3588 Μαρδοχαίῳ; Καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 οἱ G3588 διάκονοι G1249 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 Οὐκ G3756 ἐποίησας G4160 αὐτῷ G846 οὐδέν. G3762 [4] Ἐν G1722 δὲ G1161 τῷ G3588 πυνθάνεσθαι G4441 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 περὶ G4012 τῆς G3588 εὐνοίας G2133 Μαρδοχαίου ἰδοὺ G2400 Αμαν ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 αὐλῇ· G833 εἶπεν G2036 δὲ G1161 ὁ G3588 βασιλεύς G935 Τίς G5101 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 αὐλῇ; G833 Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 Αμαν εἰσῆλθεν G1525 εἰπεῖν G2036 τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ G935 κρεμάσαι G2910 τὸν G3588 Μαρδοχαῖον ἐπὶ G1909 τῷ G3588 ξύλῳ, G3586 ᾧ G3739 ἡτοίμασεν. G2090 [5] Καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 οἱ G3588 διάκονοι G1249 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 Ἰδοὺ G2400 Αμαν ἕστηκεν G2476 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 αὐλῇ· G833 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 ὁ G3588 βασιλεύς G935 Καλέσατε G2564 αὐτόν. G846 [6] Εἶπεν G2036 δὲ G1161 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 τῷ G3588 Αμαν Τί G5101 ποιήσω G4160 τῷ G3588 ἀνθρώπῳ, G444 ὃν G3739 ἐγὼ G1473 θέλω G2309 δοξάσαι; G1392 Εἶπεν G2036 δὲ G1161 ἐν G1722 ἑαυτῷ G1438 Αμαν Τίνα G5101 θέλει G2309 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 δοξάσαι G1392 εἰ G1487 μὴ G3361 ἐμέ; G1691 [7] Εἶπεν G2036 δὲ G1161 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 Ἄνθρωπον, G444 ὃν G3739 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 θέλει G2309 δοξάσαι, G1392 [8] ἐνεγκάτωσαν G5342 οἱ G3588 παῖδες G3816 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 στολὴν G4749 βυσσίνην, G1039 ἣν G3739 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 περιβάλλεται, G4016 καὶ G2532 ἵππον, G2462 ἐφ’ G1909 ὃν G3739 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 ἐπιβαίνει, G1910 [9] καὶ G2532 δότω G1325 ἑνὶ G1520 τῶν G3588 φίλων G5384 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 τῶν G3588 ἐνδόξων G1741 καὶ G2532 στολισάτω τὸν G3588 ἄνθρωπον, G444 ὃν G3739 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 ἀγαπᾷ, G25 καὶ G2532 ἀναβιβασάτω G307 αὐτὸν G846 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 ἵππον G2462 καὶ G2532 κηρυσσέτω G2784 διὰ G1223 τῆς G3588 πλατείας G4113 τῆς G3588 πόλεως G4172 λέγων G3004 Οὕτως G3779 ἔσται G2071 παντὶ G3956 ἀνθρώπῳ, G444 ὃν G3739 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 δοξάζει. G1392 [10] Εἶπεν G2036 δὲ G1161 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 τῷ G3588 Αμαν Καθὼς G2531 ἐλάλησας, G2980 οὕτως G3779 ποίησον G4160 τῷ G3588 Μαρδοχαίῳ τῷ G3588 Ιουδαίῳ G2453 τῷ G3588 θεραπεύοντι G2323 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 αὐλῇ, G833 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 παραπεσάτω G3895 σου G4675 λόγος G3056 ὧν G3739 ἐλάλησας. G2980 [11] Ἔλαβεν G2983 δὲ G1161 Αμαν τὴν G3588 στολὴν G4749 καὶ G2532 τὸν G3588 ἵππον G2462 καὶ G2532 ἐστόλισεν τὸν G3588 Μαρδοχαῖον καὶ G2532 ἀνεβίβασεν G307 αὐτὸν G846 ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 ἵππον G2462 καὶ G2532 διῆλθεν G1330 διὰ G1223 τῆς G3588 πλατείας G4113 τῆς G3588 πόλεως G4172 καὶ G2532 ἐκήρυσσεν G2784 λέγων G3004 Οὕτως G3779 ἔσται G2071 παντὶ G3956 ἀνθρώπῳ, G444 ὃν G3739 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 θέλει G2309 δοξάσαι. G1392 [12] Ἐπέστρεψεν G1994 δὲ G1161 ὁ G3588 Μαρδοχαῖος εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 αὐλήν, G833 Αμαν δὲ G1161 ὑπέστρεψεν G5290 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ἴδια G2398 λυπούμενος G3076 κατὰ G2596 κεφαλῆς. G2776 [13] Καὶ G2532 διηγήσατο G1334 Αμαν τὰ G3588 συμβεβηκότα G4819 αὐτῷ G846 Ζωσαρα τῇ G3588 γυναικὶ G1135 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 τοῖς G3588 φίλοις, G5384 καὶ G2532 εἶπαν G2036 πρὸς G4314 αὐτὸν G846 οἱ G3588 φίλοι G5384 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 γυνή G1135 Εἰ G1487 ἐκ G1537 γένους G1085 Ιουδαίων G2453 Μαρδοχαῖος, ἦρξαι G757 ταπεινοῦσθαι G5013 ἐνώπιον G1799 αὐτοῦ, G846 πεσὼν G4098 πεσῇ· G4098 οὐ G3756 μὴ G3361 δύνῃ G1410 αὐτὸν G846 ἀμύνασθαι, G292 ὅτι G3754 θεὸς G2316 ζῶν G2198 μετ’ G3326 αὐτοῦ. G846 — [14] ἔτι G2089 αὐτῶν G846 λαλούντων G2980 παραγίνονται G3854 οἱ G3588 εὐνοῦχοι G2135 ἐπισπεύδοντες τὸν G3588 Αμαν ἐπὶ G1909 τὸν G3588 πότον, G4224 ὃν G3739 ἡτοίμασεν G2090 Εσθηρ.
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 6:1 This chapter was originally Ἐσθήρ 6.