John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 9. And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes , etc.] The one, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour ; and the other to be led in state before him: and bring him on horseback through the street of the city ; on another horse, that all might see what honour was done him: and proclaim before him ; as before Joseph, when advanced next to Pharaoh, ( Genesis 41:43) this was not to be done by an herald, but by a nobleman, to whom the apparel and horse were to be delivered, and was done by Haman, ( Esther 6:11), thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour ; these were the words said in the proclamation, signifying this was the man the king delighted to honour, and this the manner in which he would have it done.
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 ונתון5414 הלבושׁ3830 והסוס5483 על5921 יד3027 אישׁ376 משׂרי8269 המלך4428 הפרתמים6579 והלבשׁו3847 את853 האישׁ376 אשׁר834 המלך4428 חפץ2654 ביקרו3366 והרכיבהו7392 על5921 הסוס5483 ברחוב7339 העיר5892 וקראו7121 לפניו6440 ככה3602 יעשׂה6213 לאישׁ376 אשׁר834 המלך4428 חפץ2654 ביקרו׃3366
