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Hebrew Names Version

Esther 4:12

They told to Mordekhai Ester's words.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Readings, Select;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Persia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Esther;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 6;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Esther’s response was reported to Mordecai.
King James Version
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
English Standard Version
And they told Mordecai what Esther had said.
New Century Version
Esther's message was given to Mordecai.
New English Translation
When Esther's reply was conveyed to Mordecai,
Amplified Bible
So they told Mordecai what Esther had said.
New American Standard Bible
And they reported Esther's words to Mordecai.
World English Bible
They told to Mordecai Esther's words.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they certified Mordecai of Esters wordes.
Legacy Standard Bible
So they told Esther's words to Mordecai.
Berean Standard Bible
When Esther's words were relayed to Mordecai,
Contemporary English Version
When Mordecai was told what Esther had said,
Complete Jewish Bible
Upon being told what Ester had said, Mordekhai
Darby Translation
And they told Mordecai Esther's words.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Esther's message was given to Mordecai. When he got her message, Mordecai sent his answer back: "Esther, don't think that just because you live in the king's palace you will be the only Jew to escape.
George Lamsa Translation
And he told Mordecai Esthers words.
Good News Translation
When Mordecai received Esther's message,
Lexham English Bible
And they told Mordecai the words of Esther.
Literal Translation
And they told Mordecai Esther's words.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And wha Mardocheus was certified of Hesters wordes,
American Standard Version
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
Bible in Basic English
And they said these words to Mordecai.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they certified Mardocheus of Esthers wordes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
King James Version (1611)
And they tolde to Mordecai Esthers words.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Achrathaeus reported to Mardochaeus all the words of Esther.
English Revised Version
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Mardochee hadde herd `this thing, he sente efte to Hester,
Update Bible Version
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
New King James Version
So they told Mordecai Esther's words.
New Living Translation
So Hathach gave Esther's message to Mordecai.
New Life Bible
Then Mordecai was told what Esther had said.
New Revised Standard
When they told Mordecai what Esther had said,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they told Mordecai, the words of Esther.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Mardochai had heard this,
Revised Standard Version
And they told Mor'decai what Esther had said.
Young's Literal Translation
And they declare to Mordecai the words of Esther,
THE MESSAGE
When Hathach told Mordecai what Esther had said, Mordecai sent her this message: "Don't think that just because you live in the king's house you're the one Jew who will get out of this alive. If you persist in staying silent at a time like this, help and deliverance will arrive for the Jews from someplace else; but you and your family will be wiped out. Who knows? Maybe you were made queen for just such a time as this."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They related Esther's words to Mordecai.

Contextual Overview

5 Then called Ester for Hatakh, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend on her, and charged him to go to Mordekhai, to know what this was, and why it was. 6 So Hatakh went forth to Mordekhai to the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate. 7 Mordekhai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Yehudim, to destroy them. 8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Ester, and to declare it to her, and to charge her that she should go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people. 9 Hatakh came and told Ester the words of Mordekhai. 10 Then Ester spoke to Hatakh, and gave him a message to Mordekhai [saying]: 11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days. 12 They told to Mordekhai Ester's words. 13 Then Mordekhai bade them return answer to Ester, Don't think to yourself that you shall escape in the king's house, more than all the Yehudim. 14 For if you altogether hold your shalom at this time, then will relief and deliverance arise to the Yehudim from another place, but you and your father's house will perish: and who knows whether you haven't come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
As time passed, it happened that Kayin brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground.
Genesis 4:4
Hevel also brought some of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat of it. The LORD respected Hevel and his offering,
Genesis 4:14
Behold, you have driven me out this day from the surface of the ground. I will be hidden from your face, and I will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the eretz. It will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:17
Kayin knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Hanokh. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Hanokh.
Genesis 4:18
To Hanokh was born `Irad. `Irad became the father of Mechuya'el. Mechuya'el became the father of Metusha'el. Metusha'el became the father of Lamekh.
Genesis 4:23
Lamekh said to his wives, "`Adah and Tzillah, Hear my voice, You wives of Lamekh, listen to my speech, For I have slain a man for wounding me, A young man for bruising me.
Genesis 4:24
If Kayin will be avenged seven times, Truly Lamekh seventy-seven times.
Leviticus 26:20
and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
Leviticus 26:36
As for those who are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursues.
Psalms 109:10
Let his children be wandering beggars. Let them be sought from their ruins.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they told to Mordecai Esther's, words. The messengers she sent to him.


 
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