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Esther 4:15
Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer:
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Christian Standard Bible®
Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
Hebrew Names Version
Then Ester bade them return answer to Mordekhai,
Then Ester bade them return answer to Mordekhai,
King James Version
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
English Standard Version
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
New Century Version
Then Esther sent this answer to Mordecai:
Then Esther sent this answer to Mordecai:
New English Translation
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
Amplified Bible
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
New American Standard Bible
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
World English Bible
Then Esther bade them return answer to Mordecai,
Then Esther bade them return answer to Mordecai,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ester commanded to answere Mordecai,
Then Ester commanded to answere Mordecai,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then Esther said for them to respond to Mordecai,
Then Esther said for them to respond to Mordecai,
Berean Standard Bible
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
Contemporary English Version
Esther sent a message to Mordecai, saying,
Esther sent a message to Mordecai, saying,
Complete Jewish Bible
Ester had them return this answer to Mordekhai:
Ester had them return this answer to Mordekhai:
Darby Translation
And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:
And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Esther sent this answer to Mordecai: "Mordecai, go and get all the Jews in Susa together, and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days and nights. I and my women servants will fast too. After we fast, I will go to the king. I know it is against the law to go to the king if he didn't call me, but I will do it anyway. If I die, I die."
Then Esther sent this answer to Mordecai: "Mordecai, go and get all the Jews in Susa together, and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days and nights. I and my women servants will fast too. After we fast, I will go to the king. I know it is against the law to go to the king if he didn't call me, but I will do it anyway. If I die, I die."
George Lamsa Translation
Then Esther told him to return Mordecai this answer:
Then Esther told him to return Mordecai this answer:
Good News Translation
Esther sent Mordecai this reply:
Esther sent Mordecai this reply:
Lexham English Bible
Esther replied to Mordecai:
Esther replied to Mordecai:
Literal Translation
And Esther said to take back to Mordecai,
And Esther said to take back to Mordecai,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Hester bad geue Mardocheus this answere:
Hester bad geue Mardocheus this answere:
American Standard Version
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Esther bad them geue Mardocheus this aunswere:
Esther bad them geue Mardocheus this aunswere:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai:
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai:
King James Version (1611)
Then Esther bade them returne Mordecai this answere:
Then Esther bade them returne Mordecai this answere:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Esther sent the man that came to her to Mardochaeus, saying,
And Esther sent the man that came to her to Mardochaeus, saying,
English Revised Version
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eft Hester sente these wordis to Mardochee,
And eft Hester sente these wordis to Mardochee,
Update Bible Version
Then Esther bade them return answer to Mordecai,
Then Esther bade them return answer to Mordecai,
Webster's Bible Translation
Then Esther bade [them] return Mordecai [this answer],
Then Esther bade [them] return Mordecai [this answer],
New King James Version
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai:
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai:
New Living Translation
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
New Life Bible
Then Esther told them to say to Mordecai,
Then Esther told them to say to Mordecai,
New Revised Standard
Then Esther said in reply to Mordecai,
Then Esther said in reply to Mordecai,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Esther commanded, to answer Mordecai: -
Then Esther commanded, to answer Mordecai: -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:
And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:
Revised Standard Version
Then Esther told them to reply to Mor'decai,
Then Esther told them to reply to Mor'decai,
Young's Literal Translation
And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:
And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:
THE MESSAGE
Esther sent back her answer to Mordecai: "Go and get all the Jews living in Susa together. Fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, either day or night. I and my maids will fast with you. If you will do this, I'll go to the king, even though it's forbidden. If I die, I die."
Esther sent back her answer to Mordecai: "Go and get all the Jews living in Susa together. Fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, either day or night. I and my maids will fast with you. If you will do this, I'll go to the king, even though it's forbidden. If I die, I die."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
Contextual Overview
5 Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was. 6 So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway. 7 And Mordecai gave him an account of what had taken place, and of the amount of money which Haman had said he would put into the king's store for the destruction of the Jews. 8 And he gave him the copy of the order which had been given out in Shushan for their destruction, ordering him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her; and to say to her that she was to go in to the king, requesting his mercy, and making prayer for her people. 9 And Hathach came back and gave Esther an account of what Mordecai had said. 10 Then Esther sent Hathach to say to Mordecai: 11 It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days. 12 And they said these words to Mordecai. 13 Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews. 14 If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?
Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Daniel 2:18 - they would
Cross-References
Genesis 4:24
If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.
If seven lives are to be taken as punishment for Cain's death, seventy-seven will be taken for Lamech's.
Leviticus 26:18
And if, even after these things, you will not give ear to me, then I will send you punishment seven times more for your sins.
And if, even after these things, you will not give ear to me, then I will send you punishment seven times more for your sins.
Leviticus 26:21
And if you still go against me and will not give ear to me, I will put seven times more punishments on you because of your sins.
And if you still go against me and will not give ear to me, I will put seven times more punishments on you because of your sins.
Leviticus 26:24
Then I will go against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for all your sins.
Then I will go against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for all your sins.
Leviticus 26:28
Then my wrath will be burning against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for your sins.
Then my wrath will be burning against you, and I will give you punishment, I myself, seven times for your sins.
1 Kings 16:7
And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death.
And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death.
Psalms 59:11
Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.
Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.
Psalms 79:12
And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.
And give punishment seven times over into the breast of our neighbours for the bitter words which they have said against you, O Lord.
Proverbs 6:31
But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
But if he is taken in the act he will have to give back seven times as much, giving up all his property which is in his house.
Ezekiel 9:4
The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.
The Lord said to him, Go through the town, through the middle of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the brows of the men who are sorrowing and crying for all the disgusting things which are done in it.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer. Which follows, and was sent by the messengers she sent the above to him.
