Esther 3:4

Staten Vertaling

Het geschiedde nu, toen zij dit van dag tot dag tot hem zeiden, en hij naar hen niet hoorde, zo gaven zij het Haman te kennen, opdat zij zagen, of de woorden van Mordechai bestaan zouden; want hij had hun te kennen gegeven, dat hij een Jood was.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
En toen zij dat dagelijks tot hem zeiden, en hij naar hen niet hoorde, gaven zij het aan Haman te kennen, om te zien of de handelwijs van Mordechai bestaan zou; want hij had hun gezegd, dat hij een Jood was.

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
En als zij dit dag aan dag tot hem zeiden en hij niet naar hen hoorde, deelden zij het aan Haman mede om te zien of de woorden van Mordochai van kracht zouden zijn; want hij had hun medegedeeld dat hij een Jood was.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when they spake: Genesis 39:10

that they told: Daniel 3:8, Daniel 3:9, Daniel 6:13

he had told: Ezra 1:3, Daniel 3:12, Daniel 3:16-18, Daniel 3:23-30, Daniel 6:20-28, Jonah 1:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:6 - I am

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him,.... Putting him in mind of his duty to obey the king's command, suggesting to him the danger he exposed himself to, pressing him to give the reasons of his conduct:

and he hearkened not unto them; regarded not what they said, and continued disobedient to the king's order, and disrespectful to Haman

that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand; they informed Haman that Mordecai refused to give him reverence as the king had ordered; this they did to try whether such a conduct would be suffered and bore with, and whether Mordecai would persevere in it when taken notice of:

for he had told them that he was a Jew; which was all the reason he gave why he would not reverence Haman; and a reason sufficient, because, by a fundamental law of his religion, he was not to worship mere man, but God only: and this confirms what has been before observed; for this would have been no reason for refusing civil respect and honour, but was a strong one for denying religious worship and reverence; and no wonder that the Jews should refuse it, when even the Grecians, though Heathens, refused to give the Persian kings the divine honours they required m; yea, the Athenians put Timagoras to death for prostrating himself in such a manner to Darius n; for the Persian kings were, as Aristotle says o, called Lord and God, and said to hear and see all things.

m Herodot. Polymnia, sive, l. 7. c. 136. Justin e Trogo. l. 6. c. 2. Aelian. Var. Hist. l. 1. 21. n Plutarch. in Artaxerxe, Valer. Maxim. l. 6. c. 3. o De Mundo, c. 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Whether Mordecai’s matters would stand - Rather, “whether Mordecai’s words would hold good” - whether, that is, his excuse, that he was a Jew, would be allowed as a valid reason for his refusal.