Esther 6 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

The King Plans to Honor Mordecai

During that night^H3915 [fn]the king^H4428 could^H5074 not^H5074 sleep^H8142, so he gave^H559 an^H559 order^H559 to bring^H935 the book^H5612 of records^H2146, the chronicles^H1697^H3117, and they were read^H7121 before^H6440 the king^H4428.

Est 6:2

Est 6:2And it was found written what Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who were doorkeepers, that they had sought to [fn]attack King Ahasuerus.

Est 6:3

Est 6:3Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”

Est 6:4

Est 6:4So the king said, “Who is in the courtyard?” Now Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the king’s palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the wooden gallows which he had prepared for him.

Est 6:5

Est 6:5So the king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman is standing in the courtyard.” And the king said, “Have him come in.”

Est 6:6

Est 6:6Haman then came in and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?” And Haman said [fn]to himself, “Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?”

Est 6:7

Est 6:7Therefore Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king desires to honor,

Est 6:8

Est 6:8have them bring a royal robe which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal turban has been placed;

Est 6:9

Est 6:9then order them to hand the robe and the horse over to one of the king’s noble officials, and have them dress the man whom the king desires to honor, and lead him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘So it shall be done for the man whom the king desires to honor.’”

Haman Must Honor Mordecai

Est 6:10

Then the king^H4428 said^H559 to Haman^H2001, “Quickly^H4116, take^H3947 the robe^H3830 and the horse^H5483 just^H834 as^H834 you have said^H1696, and do^H6213 so^H3651 for Mordecai^H4782 the Jew^H3064, who is sitting^H3427 at the king’s^H4428 gate^H8179; do not fail^H5307 to^H5307 do^H5307 anything^H1697 of all^H3605 that you have said^H1696.”

Est 6:11

Est 6:11So Haman took the robe and the horse, and dressed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “So it shall be done for the man whom the king desires to honor.”

Est 6:12

Then Mordecai^H4782 returned^H7725 to the king’s^H4428 gate^H8179, while Haman^H2001 hurried^H1765 home^H1004, mourning^H57, with his head^H7218 covered^H2645.

Est 6:13

Est 6:13And Haman informed Zeresh his wife and all his friends of 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 [fn]of Jewish origin, you will not prevail over him, but will certainly fall before him.”

Est 6:14

While they were still^H5750 talking^H1696 with him, the king’s^H4428 eunuchs^H5631 arrived^H5060 and quickly^H926 brought^H935 Haman^H2001 to the banquet^H4960 which^H834 Esther^H635 had prepared^H6213.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(6:1)

Lit the king’s sleep fled

(6:2)

Or kill; lit put out a hand against

(6:6)

Lit in his heart

(6:13)

Lit from the seed of the Jews

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