Esther 6:10
What does Esther 6:10 mean?
A plain-English look at Esther 6:10 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Esther 6:10 means
The king swiftly commands Haman to implement his own plan—but for “Mordecai the Jew,” who sits at the king’s gate. The phrase “Make haste” and “let nothing fail” convey urgency and completeness. The identification “the Jew” is pointed, given Haman’s scheme against the Jews; the king honors precisely the people Haman targeted. This is the narrative pivot: Haman’s pride engineers his disgrace, and Mordecai’s forgotten loyalty is publicly exalted. The king’s authority now backs Mordecai’s elevation, and Haman cannot resist without defying the throne. Justice, delayed, arrives decisively through the very hands meant to destroy its recipient.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Then 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Then 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Then 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then the king said to Haman, Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's doorway: see that you do everything as you have said.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And 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.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the king said to him: Make haste and take the robe and the horse, and do as thou hast spoken to Mardochai the Jew, who sitteth before the gates of the palace. Beware thou pass over any of those things which thou hast spoken.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the king said to Haman, Make haste, take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast said.
Context
This is the chapter’s hinge. After Haman outlines the grand honor, the king assigns it to Mordecai. The irony is sharp and immediate, leaving no room for Haman to redirect or object. The command propels the next scene: Haman must carry out the ceremony exactly as described. The reversal is not merely conceptual; it will be enacted in public view, reshaping reputations and expectations ahead of Esther’s banquet.
v.9and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride 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 honor.
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v.11Then 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.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Kings 10:10
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of Jehovah, which Jehovah spake concerning the house of Ahab: for Jehovah hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
- Revelation 18:7
How much soever she glorified herself, and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall in no wise see mourning.
- Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Luke 14:11
For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.