Esther 4:10

Complete Jewish Bible

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

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

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

⁵ So Ester summoned Hatakh, one of the king's officials attending her, and instructed him to go to Mordekhai and find out what this was all about and why. ⁶ Hatakh went out to Mordekhai in the open space in front of the King's Gate, ⁷ and Mordekhai told him everything that had happened to him and exactly how much silver Haman had promised to put in the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews. ⁸ He also gave him a copy of the decree for their destruction issued in Shushan; so that he could show it to Ester, explain it to her, and then instruct her to approach the king, intercede with him and implore his favor on behalf of her people. ⁹ Hatakh returned and told Ester what Mordekhai had said. ¹⁰ Then Ester spoke to Hatakh and gave him this message for Mordekhai: ¹¹ "All the king's officials, as well as the people in the royal provinces, know that if anyone, man or woman, approaches the king in the inner courtyard without being summoned, there is just one law — he must be put to death — unless the king holds out the gold scepter for him to remain alive; and I haven't been summoned to the king for the past thirty days." ¹² Upon being told what Ester had said, Mordekhai ¹³ asked them to give Ester this answer: "Don't suppose that merely because you happen to be in the royal palace you will escape any more than the other Jews. ¹⁴ For if you fail to speak up now, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from a different direction; but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows whether you didn't come into your royal position precisely for such a time as this."

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Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Adonai , God, said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman answered, "The serpent tricked me, so I ate."

Genesis 4:9
Adonai said to Kayin, "Where is Hevel your brother?" And he replied, "I don't know; am I my brother's guardian?"

Genesis 4:10
He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground!

Genesis 9:5
I will certainly demand an accounting for the blood of your lives: I will demand it from every animal and from every human being. I will demand from every human being an accounting for the life of his fellow human being.

Genesis 18:20
Adonai said, "The outcry against S'dom and ‘Amora is so great and their sin so serious

Exodus 3:7
Adonai said, "I have seen how my people are being oppressed in Egypt and heard their cry for release from their slavemasters, because I know their pain.

Numbers 35:33
In this way you will not defile the land in which you are living. For blood defiles the land, and in this land no atonement can be made for the blood shed in it except the blood of him who shed it.

Joshua 7:19
Y'hoshua said to ‘Akhan, "My son, swear to Adonai , the God of Isra'el, that you will tell the truth and confess to him. Tell me, now, what did you do? Don't hide anything from me."

2 Kings 9:26
‘ Adonai says: "Yesterday I saw the blood of Navot and the blood of his sons." Adonai also says: "I will pay you back in this field."' Therefore, pick him up; and throw him into the field, in keeping with what Adonai said."

Job 16:18
"Earth, don't cover my blood; don't let my cry rest [without being answered].

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.