Esther 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, ¹  “Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?”

[6:6]  ¹ tn Heb “said in his heart” (so ASV); NASB, NRSV “said to himself.”