Esther 4:10

Good News Translation

and Esther gave him this message to take back to 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:

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,

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 Then she called Hathach, one of the palace eunuchs appointed as her servant by the king, and told him to go to Mordecai and find out what was happening and why. ⁶ Hathach went to Mordecai in the city square at the entrance of the palace. ⁷ Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him and just how much money Haman had promised to put into the royal treasury if all the Jews were killed. ⁸ He gave Hathach a copy of the proclamation that had been issued in Susa, ordering the destruction of the Jews. Mordecai asked him to take it to Esther, explain the situation to her, and have her go and plead with the king and beg him to have mercy on her people. ⁹ Hathach did this, ¹⁰ and Esther gave him this message to take back to Mordecai: ¹¹ "If anyone, man or woman, goes to the inner courtyard and sees the king without being summoned, that person must die. That is the law; everyone, from the king's advisers to the people in the provinces, knows that. There is only one way to get around this law: if the king holds out his gold scepter to someone, then that person's life is spared. But it has been a month since the king sent for me." ¹² When Mordecai received Esther's message, ¹³ he sent her this warning: "Don't imagine that you are safer than any other Jew just because you are in the royal palace. ¹⁴ If you keep quiet at a time like this, help will come from heaven to the Jews, and they will be saved, but you will die and your father's family will come to an end. Yet who knows—maybe it was for a time like this that you were made queen!"

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Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
The Lord God asked the woman, "Why did you do this?" She replied, "The snake tricked me into eating it."

Genesis 4:9
The Lord asked Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" He answered, "I don't know. Am I supposed to take care of my brother?"

Genesis 4:10
Then the Lord said, "Why have you done this terrible thing? Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground, like a voice calling for revenge.

Genesis 9:5
If anyone takes human life, he will be punished. I will punish with death any animal that takes a human life.

Genesis 18:20
Then the Lord said to Abraham, "There are terrible accusations against Sodom and Gomorrah, and their sin is very great.

Exodus 3:7
Then the Lord said, "I have seen how cruelly my people are being treated in Egypt; I have heard them cry out to be rescued from their slave drivers. I know all about their sufferings,

Numbers 35:33
If you did this, you would defile the land where you are living. Murder defiles the land, and except by the death of the murderer there is no way to perform the ritual of purification for the land where someone has been murdered.

Joshua 7:19
Joshua said to him, "My son, tell the truth here before the Lord , the God of Israel, and confess. Tell me now what you have done. Don't try to hide it from me."

2 Kings 9:26
‘I saw the murder of Naboth and his sons yesterday. And I promise that I will punish you here in this same field.' So take Joram's body," Jehu ordered his aide, "and throw it in the field that belonged to Naboth, so as to fulfill the Lord 's promise."

Job 16:18
O Earth, don't hide the wrongs done to me! Don't let my call for justice be silenced!

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.