KJV King James Version
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.
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Esther 6:11
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
WEB World English Bible
Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”
ASV American Standard Version
Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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.’
Surrounding context — Esther 6
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.
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וַיִּקַּ֤חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeהָמָן֙H2001 · ha.manHamanאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַלְּב֣וּשׁH3830 · le.vushclothingוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַסּ֔וּסH5483 · susswallowוַיַּלְבֵּ֖שׁH3847 · la.vashto clotheאֶֽת־H853 · et[Obj.]מָרְדֳּכָ֑יH4782 · mor.de.khayMordecaiוַיַּרְכִּיבֵ֙הוּ֙H7392 · ra.khavto rideבִּרְח֣וֹבH7339 · re.chovstreet/plazaהָעִ֔ירH5892 · irexcitementוַיִּקְרָ֣אH7121 · qa.rato call: call toלְפָנָ֔יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeכָּ֚כָהH3602 · ka.khahthusיֵעָשֶׂ֣הH6213 · a.sahto make: doלָאִ֔ישׁH376 · ishmanאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichהַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingחָפֵ֥ץH2654 · cha.phetsto delight inבִּיקָרֽוֹ׃H3366 · ye.qarpreciousness
Cross-references
Esther 9:3And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.Luke 1:52He hath put down the mighty from [their] seats, and exalted them of low degree.Ezra 6:13Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily.Isaiah 60:14The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.Revelation 3:9Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.Esther 8:15And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
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