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Green's Literal Translation

Esther 4:12

And they told Mordecai Esther'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.
Hebrew Names Version
They told to Mordekhai Ester's words.
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.
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 And Esther called for Hathach, of the king's eunuchs, who was made to stand before her. And she charged him as to Mordecai, to know what this was and why this was . 6 And Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city street in front of the king's gate. 7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and of the sum of the silver which Haman had said to weigh into the king's treasuries for the Jews in order to destroy them. 8 Also he gave him a copy of the writing of the law which was given at Shushan in order to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to reveal to her, and to command her that she should go in to the king to make supplication to him, and to seek from him help for her people. 9 And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. 10 Again Esther spoke to Hathach, and ordered him to go to Mordecai, 11 for all the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his, to die; except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter so that he may live. But I have not been called to come into the king these thirty days. 12 And they told Mordecai Esther's words. 13 And Mordecai said to take back to Esther, Do not imagine within yourself to deliver yourself in the king's house more than all the Jews. 14 For if you are completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall rise up to the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house shall perish. And who knows if you have attained to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
And in the end of days, it happened that Cain brought an offering to Jehovah from the fruit of the ground.
Genesis 4:4
And Abel brought, he also, from the firstlings of his flocks, even from their fat. And Jehovah looked to Abel and to his offering.
Genesis 4:14
Behold! You have driven me out from the face of the earth today. And I shall be hidden from Your face. And I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth. And it will be that anyone who finds me shall kill me.
Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and he called the name of the city according to the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4:18
And Irad was born to Enoch; and Irad fathered Mehujael And Mehujael fathered Methusael; and Methusael fathered Lamech.
Genesis 4:23
And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech; listen to my words; for I have killed a man because of my wound, and a young man because of my hurt.
Genesis 4:24
For Cain is avenged sevenfold, and Lamech seventy seven.
Leviticus 26:20
and your strength shall be consumed in vain, and your land shall not give her produce, and the tree of the land shall not give its fruit.
Leviticus 26:36
And those who are left of you, I shall also bring a faintness into their hearts 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 no one pursues.
Psalms 109:10
and let his sons always beg and wander, and seek food out of 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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