Esther 6:4 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEsther 6:4 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
מִ֣י
mîy
H4310
who
בֶחָצֵ֑ר
châtsêr
H2691
court
וְהָמָ֣ן
Hâmân
H2001
Haman
בָּ֗א
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
לַחֲצַ֤ר
châtsêr
H2691
court
בֵּית
bayith
H1004
house
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙
melek
H4428
king
הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה
chîytsôwn
H2435
outer
לֵאמֹ֣ר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
לִתְלוֹת֙
tâlâh
H8518
to hang
אֶֽת
ʼêth
H853
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מָרְדֳּכַ֔י
Mordᵉkay
H4782
Mordecai
עַל
ʻal
H5921
upon
הָעֵ֖ץ
ʻêts
H6086
tree
אֲשֶׁר
ʼăsher
H834
which
הֵכִ֥ין
kûwn
H3559
to be established
לֽוֹ
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
The king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
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King James Version Public Domain
And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And the king asked, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come into the outer court of the house of the king to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the pole that he had prepared for him.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).