Esther 4:10

Brenton's Septuagint

And Esther said to Achrathaeus, Go to Mardochaeus, and say,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to tell Mordecai,

Hebrew Names Version
Then Ester spoke to Hatakh, and gave him a message to Mordekhai [saying]:

King James Version
Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;

English Standard Version
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say,

New Century Version
Then Esther told Hathach to tell Mordecai,

New English Translation
Then Esther replied to Hathach with instructions for Mordecai:

Amplified Bible
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai, saying:

New American Standard Bible
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:

World English Bible
Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai [saying]:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ester sayde vnto Hatach, and commaunded him to say vnto Mordecai,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to reply to Mordecai:

Berean Standard Bible
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,

Contemporary English Version
She answered, "Tell Mordecai

Complete Jewish Bible
Then Ester spoke to Hatakh and gave him this message for Mordekhai:

Darby Translation
And Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai:

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Esther told Hathach to say this to Mordecai:

George Lamsa Translation
Again Esther spoke to Hathan and commanded him to go to Mordecai, saying,

Good News Translation
and Esther gave him this message to take back to Mordecai:

Lexham English Bible
And Esther spoke to Hathach and she gave him a message for Mordecai:

Literal Translation
Again Esther spoke to Hathach, and ordered him to go to Mordecai,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Hester spake vnto Hathat, and comaunded him to saye vnto Mardocheus:

American Standard Version
Then Esther spake unto Hathach, and gave him a message unto Mordecai, saying:

Bible in Basic English
Then Esther sent Hathach to say to Mordecai:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And againe Esther spake vnto Hathach and commauded him to say vnto Mardocheus:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Esther spoke unto Hathach, and gave him a message unto Mordecai:

King James Version (1611)
Againe Esther spake vnto Hatach, and gaue him commaundement vnto Mordecai;

English Revised Version
Then Esther spake unto Hathach, and gave him a message unto Mordecai, saying:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And sche answeryde to hym, and seide, that he schulde seie to Mardochee, Alle the seruauntis of the kyng,

Update Bible Version
Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai [saying]:

Webster's Bible Translation
Again Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him commandment to Mordecai;

New King James Version
Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a command for Mordecai:

New Living Translation
Then Esther told Hathach to go back and relay this message to Mordecai:

New Life Bible
Then Esther told Hathach to say to Mordecai,

New Revised Standard
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and gave him a message for Mordecai, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Esther unto Hathach, - and gave him charge, unto Mordecai: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
She answered him, and bade him say to Mardochai:

Revised Standard Version
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and gave him a message for Mor'decai, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
and Esther speaketh to Hatach, and chargeth him for Mordecai:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:

Contextual Overview

⁵ So Esther called for her chamberlain Achrathaeus, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mardochaeus. ⁷ And Mardochaeus shewed him what was done, and the promise which Aman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews. ⁸ And he gave him the copy of the writing that was published in Susa concerning their destruction, to shew to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and intreat the king, and to beg him for the people, remembering, said he, the days of thy low estate, how thou wert nursed by my hand: because Aman who holds the next place to the king has spoken against us for death. Do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death. ⁹ So Achrathaeus went in and told her all these words. ¹⁰ And Esther said to Achrathaeus, Go to Mardochaeus, and say, ¹¹ All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person cannot live: only to whomsoever the king shall stretch out his golden sceptre, he shall live: and I have not been called to go into the king, for these thirty days. ¹² And Achrathaeus reported to Mardochaeus all the words of Esther. ¹³ Then Mardochaeus said to Achrathaeus, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to thyself that thou alone wilt escape in the kingdom, more than all the other Jews. ¹⁴ For if thou shalt refuse to hearken on this occasion, help and protection will be to the Jews from another quarter; but thou and thy father’s house will perish: and who knows, if thou hast been made queen for this very occasion? ¹⁵ And Esther sent the man that came to her to Mardochaeus, saying,

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Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me—she gave me of the tree and I ate.

Genesis 4:9
And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother’s keeper?

Genesis 4:10
And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood cries to me out of the ground.

Genesis 9:5
For your blood of your lives will I require at the hand of all wild beasts, and I will require the life of man at the hand of his brother man.

Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrha has been increased towards me, and their sins are very great.

Exodus 3:7
And the Lord said to Moses, I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and I have heard their cry caused by their task-masters; for I know their affliction.

Numbers 35:33
So shall ye not pollute with murder the land in which ye dwell; for this blood pollutes the land, and the land shall not be purged from the blood shed upon it, but by the blood of him that shed it.

Joshua 7:19
And Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession; and tell me what thou hast done, and hide it not from me.

2 Kings 9:26
Surely, I have seen yesterday the blood of Nabuthai, and the blood of his sons, saith the Lord; and I will recompense him in this portion, saith the Lord. Now then, I pray thee, take him up and cast him into the portion, according to the word of the Lord.

Job 16:18
Yet there was no injustice in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Again Esther spake unto Hatach,.... For there was no other way of corresponding and conversing but by an eunuch; the wives of kings being altogether under their watch and care:

and gave him commandment unto Mordecai; to go unto him, and what he should say to him from her, which is as follows.