Esther 4:10

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,

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:

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;

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Esther said to Achrathaeus, Go to Mardochaeus, and say,

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

⁵Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why. ⁶So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the King's Gate, ⁷and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews. ⁸Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people. ⁹So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai's response to Esther. ¹⁰Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,¹¹"All the royal officials and the people of the king's provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner courtyard without being summoned-that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days." ¹²When Esther's words were relayed to Mordecai, ¹³he sent back to her this reply: "Do not imagine that because you are in the king's palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews. ¹⁴For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?"

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Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" "The serpent deceived me," she replied, "and I ate."

Genesis 4:9
And the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I do not know!" he answered. "Am I my brother's keeper?"

Genesis 4:10
"What have you done?" replied the LORD. "The voice of your brother's blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Genesis 9:5
And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:

Genesis 18:20
Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous,

Exodus 3:7
The LORD said, "I have indeed seen the misery of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings.

Numbers 35:33
Do not pollute the land where you live, for bloodshed pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land on which the blood is shed, except by the blood of the one who shed it.

Joshua 7:19
So Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me."

2 Kings 9:26
'As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.' Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground."

Job 16:18
O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

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.