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Esther 4:17

So Mordecai set out to do everything that Esther had instructed him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Readings, Select;   Women;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Esther;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Esther, the Rest of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Esther;   Esther Rabbah;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 5;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Mordecai went and did everything Esther had commanded him.
Hebrew Names Version
So Mordekhai went his way, and did according to all that Ester had commanded him.
King James Version
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
English Standard Version
Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
New Century Version
So Mordecai went away and did everything Esther had told him to do.
Amplified Bible
So Mordecai went away and did exactly as Esther had commanded him.
New American Standard Bible
So Mordecai went away and did just as Esther had commanded him.
World English Bible
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Ester had commaunded him.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Mordecai went away and did just as Esther had commanded him.
Berean Standard Bible
So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
Contemporary English Version
Mordecai did everything Esther told him to do.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Mordekhai went his way and did everything Ester had ordered him to do.
Darby Translation
And Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Mordecai went away and did everything Esther told him to do.
George Lamsa Translation
So Mordecai went his way and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Good News Translation
Mordecai then left and did everything that Esther had told him to do.
Lexham English Bible
And Mordecai went away and he did everything that Esther commanded him.
Literal Translation
And Mordecai passed over and did according all that Esther had commanded him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So Mardocheus wente his waye, & dyd all yt Hester had comaunded him.
American Standard Version
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Bible in Basic English
So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had said.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So Mardocheus went his way, and did according to al that Esther had commaunded him.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
King James Version (1611)
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So Mardochaeus went and did all that Esther commanded him.
English Revised Version
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor Mardochee yede, and dide alle thingis, whiche Hester hadde comaundid to hym.
Update Bible Version
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Webster's Bible Translation
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
New King James Version
17 So Mordecai went his way and did according to all that Esther commanded him. [fn]
New Living Translation
So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
New Life Bible
So Mordecai went away and did just as Esther had told him.
New Revised Standard
Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Mordecai departed, - and did according to all that Esther had charged upon him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So Mardochai went, and did all that Esther had commanded him.
Revised Standard Version
Mor'decai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
Young's Literal Translation
And Mordecai passeth on, and doth according to all that Esther hath charged upon him.
THE MESSAGE
Mordecai left and carried out Esther's instructions.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Mordecai went away and did just as Esther had commanded him.

Contextual Overview

5 So Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs who had been placed at her service, and instructed him to find out the cause and reason for Mordecai's behavior. 6 So Hathach went to Mordecai at the plaza of the city in front of the king's gate. 7 Then Mordecai related to him everything that had happened to him, even the specific amount of money that Haman had offered to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews to be destroyed. 8 He also gave him a written copy of the law that had been disseminated in Susa for their destruction so that he could show it to Esther and talk to her about it. He also gave instructions that she should go to the king to implore him and petition him on behalf of her people. 9 So Hathach returned and related Mordecai's instructions to Esther. 10 Then Esther replied to Hathach with instructions for Mordecai: 11 "All the servants of the king and the people of the king's provinces know that there is only one law applicable to any man or woman who comes uninvited to the king in the inner court—that person will be put to death, unless the king extends to him the gold scepter, permitting him to be spared. Now I have not been invited to come to the king for some thirty days!" 12 When Esther's reply was conveyed to Mordecai, 13 he said to take back this answer to Esther: "Don't imagine that because you are part of the king's household you will be the one Jew who will escape. 14 If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father's household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

went: Heb. passed, Esther 4:17

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock—even the fattest of them. And the Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
Genesis 4:11
So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
Genesis 5:18
When Jared had lived 162 years, he became the father of Enoch.
Genesis 5:22
After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for 300 years, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth."
2 Samuel 18:18
Prior to this Absalom had set up a monument and dedicated it to himself in the King's Valley, reasoning "I have no son who will carry on my name." He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom's Memorial.
Psalms 49:11
Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves,
Daniel 4:30
The king uttered these words: "Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So Mordecai went his way,.... About the business he was directed to; the word used having sometimes the signification of passing over or transgressing, Jarchi interprets it of Mordecai's transgressing the command, by fasting on a festival; the letter being written on the thirteenth of Nisan, Esther 3:12, the next day was the passover, on which he supposes the fast began; and the three days were, the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth of the month, and belonged to the feast of the passover and of unleavened bread; so the Targum:

and did according to all that Esther had commanded him; got the Jews together, and kept a fast three days; according to the Midrash e they were the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth of Nisan.

e Midrash Esther, fol. 94. 4.


 
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