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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 could not () the king sleep , and he commanded () to bring () the book of records of the chronicles ; and they were read () before the king .
[2] And it was found () written (), that Mordecai had told () of Bigthana and Teresh , two of the king’s chamberlains , the keepers () of the door , who sought () to lay () hand on the king Ahasuerus .
[3] And the king said (), What honour and dignity hath been done () to Mordecai for this? Then said () the king’s servants that ministered () unto him, There is nothing done () for him.
[4] And the king said (), Who [is] in the court ? Now Haman was come () into the outward court of the king’s house , to speak () unto the king to hang () Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared () for him.
[5] And the king’s servants said () unto him, Behold, Haman standeth () in the court . And the king said (), Let him come in ().
[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?
[7] And Haman answered () the king , For the man whom the king delighteth () to honour ,
[8] Let the royal apparel be brought () which the king [useth] to wear (), and the horse that the king rideth () upon, and the crown royal which is set () upon his head :
[9] And let this apparel and 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 bring () him 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 .
[10] Then the king said () to Haman , Make haste (), [and] take () the apparel and the horse , as thou hast said (), and do () even so to Mordecai the Jew , that sitteth () at the king’s gate : let nothing fail () of all that thou hast spoken ().
[11] Then took () Haman the apparel and the horse , and arrayed () Mordecai , and brought him on horseback () through the street of the city , and proclaimed () before him, Thus shall it be done () unto the man whom the king delighteth () to honour .
[12] And Mordecai came again () to the king’s gate . But Haman hasted () to his house mourning , and having his head covered ().
[13] And Haman told () Zeresh his wife and all his friends () every [thing] that had befallen () him. Then said () his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai [be] of the seed of the Jews , before whom thou hast begun () to fall (), thou shalt not prevail () against him, but shalt surely () fall () before him.
[14] And while they [were] yet talking () with him, came () the king’s chamberlains , and hasted () to bring () Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared ().

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.