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Esther 4:12

Then Mordecai was told what Esther had said.

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.
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 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 Esther called Hathach from the king's servants whom the king had chosen to help her. She told him to go to Mordecai and find out what was wrong and why. 6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai at the king's gate in the open space of the city. 7 And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him. He told him just how much money Haman had promised to pay to the king's store-houses to have the Jews destroyed. 8 He also gave him one of the letters of the law that was sent out from Susa to destroy the Jews, that he might show it to Esther and let her know. And he said that she should go in to the king and beg him to show favor to her people. 9 Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said. 10 Then Esther told Hathach to say to Mordecai, 11 "All the king's servants and the people of the king's nation know that he has one law for any man or woman who comes to him in his room who has not been called: They will be put to death, unless the king holds out his special golden stick to him so that he may live. And I have not been called to come to the king for these thirty days." 12 Then Mordecai was told what Esther had said. 13 Mordecai answered, "Do not think that you in the king's special house will live any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep quiet at this time, help will come to the Jews from another place. But you and your father's house will be destroyed. Who knows if you have not become queen for such a time as this?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
The day came when Cain brought a gift of the fruit of the ground to the Lord.
Genesis 4:4
But Abel brought a gift of the first-born of his flocks and of the fat parts. The Lord showed favor to Abel and his gift.
Genesis 4:14
See, this day You have made me go away from the land. And I will be hidden from Your face. I will run away and move from place to place. And whoever finds me will kill me."
Genesis 4:17
Cain lay with his wife and she was going to have a child and she gave birth to Enoch. Cain built a city and gave it the name of Enoch, the name of his son.
Genesis 4:18
Now Irad was born to Enoch. And Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. And Methushael became the father of Lamech.
Genesis 4:23
And Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice. Hear what I say, you wives of Lamech. For I have killed a man for hurting me, and a boy for hitting me.
Genesis 4:24
If those who hurt Cain are punished seven times worse, then those who hurt Lamech will be punished seventy-seven times worse."
Leviticus 26:20
You will use your strength for nothing. For your land will not give food, and the trees of the land will not give fruit.
Leviticus 26:36
Of those of you who are left in the lands of those who hate you, I will make their hearts weak. The sound of a leaf blown by the wind will make them run away even when no one is going after them. They will run away as if it were a sword, and they will fall.
Psalms 109:10
May his children go around begging. And may they look for food far from their destroyed homes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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


 
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