Ester 6:3

6:3 The king asked, “What great honor ¹  was bestowed on Mordecai because of this?” The king’s attendants who served him responded, “Not a thing was done for him.”

Ester 6:6

6:6 So Haman came in, and the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” Haman thought to himself, ²  “Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?”

[6:3]  ¹ tn Heb “honor and greatness.” The expression is a hendiadys (see the note on 5:10 for an explanation of this figure).

[6:6]  ² tn Heb “said in his heart” (so ASV); NASB, NRSV “said to himself.”