Esther 4:6

Bishop's Bible

So Hathach went foorth to Mardocheus, vnto the streete of the citie which was before the kinges gate:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the King’s Gate.

Hebrew Names Version
So Hatakh went forth to Mordekhai to the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

King James Version
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.

English Standard Version
Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate,

New Century Version
So Hathach went to Mordecai, who was in the city square in front of the king's gate.

New English Translation
So Hathach went to Mordecai at the plaza of the city in front of the king's gate.

Amplified Bible
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the [open] square of the city, which was in front of the king's gate.

New American Standard Bible
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square, in front of the king's gate.

World English Bible
So Hathach went forth to Mordecai to the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So Hatach went foorth to Mordecai vnto the streete of the citie, which was before the Kings gate.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city square in front of the king's gate.

Berean Standard Bible
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the King's Gate,

Contemporary English Version
Hathach went to Mordecai in the city square in front of the palace gate,

Complete Jewish Bible
Hatakh went out to Mordekhai in the open space in front of the King's Gate,

Darby Translation
And Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the public place of the city which was before the king's gate.

Easy-to-Read Version
So Hathach went out to where Mordecai was in the open place of the city in front of the king's gate.

George Lamsa Translation
So Hathan went forth to Mordecai to the streets of the city which were in front of the kings gate.

Good News Translation
Hathach went to Mordecai in the city square at the entrance of the palace.

Lexham English Bible
So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the public square of the city, which was in front of the gate of the king,

Literal Translation
And Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city street in front of the king's gate.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Hathac wente forth to Mardocheus vnto the strete of the cite, which was before the kynges gate.

American Standard Version
So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

Bible in Basic English
So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

King James Version (1611)
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, vnto the street of the citie, which was before the kings gate:

English Revised Version
So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Athac yede out, and yede to Mardochee stondynge in the street of the citee, bifor the dore of the paleis;

Update Bible Version
So Hathach went forth to Mordecai to the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

Webster's Bible Translation
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, to the street of the city, which [was] before the king's gate.

New King James Version
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square that was in front of the king's gate.

New Living Translation
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the square in front of the palace gate.

New Life Bible
So Hathach went out to Mordecai at the king's gate in the open space of the city.

New Revised Standard
Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Hathach went forth unto Mordecai, - in the broadway of the city, which was before the gate of the king.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the street of the city, before the palace gate:

Revised Standard Version
Hathach went out to Mor'decai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate,

Young's Literal Translation
And Hatach goeth out unto Mordecai, unto a broad place of the city, that [is] before the gate of the king,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city square in front of the king's gate.

Contextual Overview

⁵ Then called Esther Hathach one of the kinges chamberlaines which stoode before her, and gaue him a commaundement vnto Mardocheus, to know what it was wherefore he did so. ⁶ So Hathach went foorth to Mardocheus, vnto the streete of the citie which was before the kinges gate: ⁷ And Mardocheus tolde him of al that had come vnto him, & of ye summe of siluer that Haman had promised to waye downe into the kinges treasurie, because of the Iewes if he would destroy them. ⁸ And he gaue him the copie of the kinges commaundement that was deuised at Susan to destroy them, that he might shewe it vnto Esther, and to speake to her, and charge her that she should go in vnto the king, & make her prayer and supplication vnto him for her people. ⁹ And when Hathach came in, he tolde Esther the wordes of Mardocheus. ¹⁰ And againe Esther spake vnto Hathach and commauded him to say vnto Mardocheus: ¹¹ All the kinges seruauntes, & the people in the prouinces of the king knowe, that whosoeuer commeth within the courte vnto the king, whether it be man or woman, which is not called, the comaundement is, that the same shall dye, except the king holde out the golden septer vnto him, for then he shall lyue: As for me, I haue not ben called to come in vnto the king now this thirtie dayes. ¹² And they certified Mardocheus of Esthers wordes. ¹³ And Mardocheus bad say againe vnto Esther: Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the kinges house more then all the Iewes. ¹⁴ For if thou holdest thy peace at this time, then shall the Iewes haue helpe and deliueraunce out of an other place, and thou and thy fathers house shalbe destroyed: And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdome for this causes sake?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the king's: Esther 4:3, Esther 7:2, Esther 9:12

Reciprocal: Proverbs 26:1 - so

Cross-References

Genesis 4:1
And Adam knewe Heua his wyfe, who conceauing bare Cain, saying: I haue gotten a man of the Lorde.

Genesis 4:3
And in processe of dayes it came to passe, that Cain brought of the fruite of the grounde, an oblation vnto ye lorde:

Genesis 4:4
Habel also brought of the firstlynges of his sheepe, & of the fatte thereof: and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his oblation.

Genesis 4:5
But vnto Cain and to his offeryng he had no respect: for the whiche cause Cain was exceedyng wroth, and his countenaunce abated.

Genesis 4:8
And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him.

Genesis 4:11
And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande.

Genesis 4:13
And Cain sayde vnto the Lord: My iniquitie is more then that it may be forgeuen.

Job 5:2
As for the foolish ma, wrathfulnesse killeth him, and enuie slayeth the ignorant.

Isaiah 1:18
And then go to, saith the Lorde, let vs talke together: though your sinnes be as red as scarlet, they shalbe as whyte as snowe: and though they were lyke purple, they shalbe as whyte as wooll.

Jeremiah 2:5
Thus saith the Lorde, What vnfaithfulnesse founde your fathers in me, that they went so farre away fro me, fallyng to lightnesse, and beyng so vayne?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the street of the city,.... Where he was, in a public manner, expressing his grief and sorrow:

which was before the king's gate: that led to the royal palace.