SEV Biblia, Chapter 6:10
Entonces el rey dijo a Amán: Date prisa, toma el vestido y el caballo, como tú has dicho, y hazlo así con el judío Mardoqueo, que se sienta a la puerta del rey; no omitas nada de todo lo que has dicho.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Esther 6:10
Verse 10. Make haste, and take the apparel-and do even so to Mordecai] O mortifying reverse of human fortune! How could Haman bear this? The Targumist might speak according to nature when he said that "Haman besought the king to kill him rather than degrade him so." How astonishing is the conduct of Divine providence in all this business! From it we plainly see that there is neither counsel nor wisdom against the Lord; and that he who digs a pit for his neighbour, is sure to fall into it himself.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. Then the king said to Haman, make haste , etc.] And without delay go into the royal treasury, or wardrobe, as the Targum adds: “and take the apparel”; the royal robe, the purple one, or one of the precious purple robes; and then, as the same Targum, go to the king’s stable, and take thence the king’s “horse”, that stands in the chief place in the stable, whose name is “Shiphregaz”; but how the Targumist came by the name of it, I know not; however it was not unusual for kings to give a name to their favourite horse, as Alexander the great did to his called Bucephalus and even for all kings of Persia, as Darius Hystaspis f152 : as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king’s gate ; the person he meant this honour for he describes by name, by nation, and by office, that there might be no mistake: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken ; the king objected not to anything that had been proposed, and insisted on it that every thing be done punctually by Haman as he had advised, and from which he could not with honour recede; though nothing could be more mortifying to him to do, to a man he came to court to get a grant to hang on a gallows he had prepared.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 4-11 - See how men's pride deceives them. The deceitfulness of our own heart appears in nothing more than in the conceit we have of ourselves an our own performances: against which we should constantly watch an pray. Haman thought the king loved and valued no one but himself, but he was deceived. We should suspect that the esteem which others profes for us, is not so great as it seems to be, that we may not think to well of ourselves, nor trust too much in others. How Haman is struck when the king bids him do honour to Mordecai the Jew, the very man who he hated above all men, whose ruin he was now designing!
Original Hebrew
ויאמר 559 המלך 4428 להמן 2001 מהר 4116 קח 3947 את 853 הלבושׁ 3830 ואת 853 הסוס 5483 כאשׁר 834 דברת 1696 ועשׂה 6213 כן 3651 למרדכי 4782 היהודי 3064 היושׁב 3427 בשׁער 8179 המלך 4428 אל 408 תפל 5307 דבר 1697 מכל 3605 אשׁר 834 דברת׃ 1696
