Esther 6:6

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?

So Haman {H2001} came in {H935}. And the king {H4428} said {H559} unto him, What shall be done {H6213} unto the man {H376} whom 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?

So Haman came in. The king said to him, "What should be done for a man that the king wants to honor?" Haman thought to himself, "Whom would the king want to honor more than me?"

Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 16:18 (3 votes)

    ¶ Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Obadiah 1:3 (3 votes)

    The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation [is] high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

  • Proverbs 18:12 (2 votes)

    ¶ Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour [is] humility.

  • Esther 5:11 (2 votes)

    And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all [the things] wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

  • Matthew 3:17 (2 votes)

    And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  • Jeremiah 32:41 (2 votes)

    Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.

  • Isaiah 62:4 (2 votes)

    Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.