Esther 6 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Man Whom the King Honors

1 During that night ^H3915, sleep ^H8142 had fled ^H5074 from the king ^H4428, so he said ^H559 for them to bring ^H935 the book ^H5612 of memoranda ^H2146, the chronicles ^H1697 H3117, and they were read ^H7121 before ^H6440 the king ^H4428.

2 And it was found ^H4672 written ^H3789 what ^H834 Mordecai ^H4782 had told ^H5046 concerning ^H5921 Bigthana ^H904 and Teresh ^H8657, two ^H8147 of the king’s ^H4428 eunuchs ^H5631 from those who were doorkeepers ^H8104 H5592, that they had sought ^H1245 to send ^H7971 forth ^H7971 their hand ^H3027 against King ^H4428 Ahasuerus ^H325. 3 And the king ^H4428 said ^H559, “What ^H4100 honor ^H3366 or greatness ^H1420 has been done ^H6213 to Mordecai ^H4782 for this ^H2088?” Then the king’s ^H4428 young ^H5288 men ^H5288 who attended ^H8334 him said ^H559, “Nothing ^H3808 H1697 has been done ^H6213 for him.” 4 So the king ^H4428 said ^H559, “Who ^H4310 is in the court ^H2691?” Now Haman ^H2001 had entered ^H935 the outer ^H2435 court ^H2691 of the king’s ^H4428 house ^H1004 in order to speak ^H559 to the king ^H4428 about hanging ^H8518 Mordecai ^H4782 on the gallows ^H6086 which ^H834 he had set ^H3559 up for him. 5 And the king’s ^H4428 young ^H5288 men ^H5288 said ^H559 to him, “Behold ^H2009, Haman ^H2001 is standing ^H5975 in the court ^H2691.” And the king ^H4428 said ^H559, “Let him come ^H935 in ^H935.” 6 So Haman ^H2001 came ^H935 in ^H935, and the king ^H4428 said ^H559 to him, “What ^H4100 is to be done ^H6213 for the man ^H376 whom ^H834 the king ^H4428 delights ^H2654 to honor ^H3366?” And Haman ^H2001 said ^H559 in his heart ^H3820, “Whom ^H4310 would the king ^H4428 delight ^H2654 to honor ^H3366 more ^H3148 than ^H4480 me?” 7 Then Haman ^H2001 said ^H559 to the king ^H4428, “For the man ^H376 whom ^H834 the king ^H4428 delights ^H2654 to honor ^H3366, 8 let them bring ^H935 a royal ^H4438 robe ^H3830 which ^H834 the king ^H4428 clothes ^H3847 himself ^H3847 in ^H3847, and the horse ^H5483 on which ^H834 the king ^H4428 has ridden ^H7392, and on whose ^H834 head ^H7218 a royal ^H4438 crown ^H3804 has been placed ^H5414; 9 and let the robe ^H3830 and the horse ^H5483 be given ^H5414 over ^H5414 to the hand ^H3027 of one ^H376 of the king’s ^H4428 most noble ^H6579 princes ^H8269, and let them clothe ^H3847 the man ^H376 whom ^H834 the king ^H4428 delights ^H2654 to honor ^H3366 and lead ^H7392 him on horseback ^H5483 through the city ^H5892 square ^H7339 and call ^H7121 out ^H7121 before ^H6440 him, ‘Thus ^H3602 it shall be done ^H6213 to the man ^H376 whom ^H834 the king ^H4428 delights ^H2654 to honor ^H3366.’”

Mordecai Is Honored

10 Then the king ^H4428 said ^H559 to Haman ^H2001, “Take ^H3947 quickly ^H4116 the robes ^H3830 and the horse ^H5483 as 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 fall ^H5307 short ^H5307 in anything ^H1697 of all ^H3605 that you have spoken ^H1696.”

11 So Haman ^H2001 took ^H3947 the robe ^H3830 and the horse ^H5483 and clothed ^H3847 Mordecai ^H4782 and led ^H7392 him on horseback through the city ^H5892 square ^H7339 and called ^H7121 out ^H7121 before ^H6440 him, “Thus ^H3602 it shall be done ^H6213 to the man ^H376 whom ^H834 the king ^H4428 delights ^H2654 to honor ^H3366.”

12 Then Mordecai ^H4782 returned ^H7725 to the king’s ^H4428 gate ^H8179. But Haman ^H2001 hastened ^H1765 home ^H1004, mourning ^H57, with his head ^H7218 covered ^H2645. 13 And Haman ^H2001 recounted ^H5608 to Zeresh ^H2238 his wife ^H802 and all ^H3605 his friends ^H157 everything ^H3605 that had happened ^H7136 to him. Then his wise ^H2450 men ^H2450 and Zeresh ^H2238 his wife ^H802 said ^H559 to him, “If ^H518 Mordecai ^H4782, before ^H6440 whom ^H834 you have begun ^H2490 to fall ^H5307, is of the seed ^H2233 of the Jews ^H3064, you will not overcome ^H3201 him, but will surely ^H5307 fall ^H5307 before ^H6440 him.”

14 While they were still ^H5750 speaking ^H1696 with him, the king’s ^H4428 eunuchs ^H5631 reached ^H5060 Haman’s home and hastily ^H926 brought ^H935 Haman ^H2001 to the feast ^H4960 which ^H834 Esther ^H635 had prepared ^H6213.