Scripture · Old Testament
Esther 6:5
Esther 6:5 is verse 5 of Esther chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
King James Version
And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.
World English Bible
The king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.” The king said, “Let him come in.”
“Behold”, from “\+wh הִנֵּה\+wh*”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
Read in context
Esther 6:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
4 “Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
5 So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
6 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?”
7 And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
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