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Young's Literal Translation

Esther 4:10

and Esther speaketh to Hatach, and chargeth him for Mordecai:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

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

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Hatach;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Esther;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hathach;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Hatach ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ha'tach;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Esther, Apocryphal Book of;   Hathach;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for July 7;  

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,
Good News Translation
and Esther gave him this message to take back to Mordecai:
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,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:

Contextual Overview

5 And Esther calleth to Hatach, of the eunuchs of the king, whom he hath stationed before her, and giveth him a charge for Mordecai, to know what this [is], and wherefore this [is]. 6 And Hatach goeth out unto Mordecai, unto a broad place of the city, that [is] before the gate of the king, 7 and Mordecai declareth to him all that hath met him, and the explanation of the money that Haman said to weigh to the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them, 8 and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he hath given to him, to shew Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people. 9 And Hatach cometh in and declareth to Esther the words of Mordecai, 10 and Esther speaketh to Hatach, and chargeth him for Mordecai: 11 `All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, do know that any man and woman, who cometh in unto the king, unto the inner court, who is not called -- one law [of] his [is] to put [them] to death, apart from him to whom the king holdeth out the golden sceptre, then he hath lived; and I -- I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.' 12 And they declare to Mordecai the words of Esther, 13 and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: `Do not think in thy soul to be delivered [in] the house of the king, more than all the Jews, 14 but if thou keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remaineth to the Jews from another place, and thou and the house of thy fathers are destroyed; and who knoweth whether for a time like this thou hast come to the kingdom?'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
And Jehovah God saith to the woman, `What [is] this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, `The serpent hath caused me to forget -- and I do eat.'
Genesis 4:9
And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where [is] Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper -- I?'
Genesis 4:10
And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;
Genesis 9:5
`And only your blood for your lives do I require; from the hand of every living thing I require it, and from the hand of man, from the hand of every man's brother I require the life of man;
Genesis 18:20
And Jehovah saith, `The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah -- because great; and their sin -- because exceeding grievous:
Exodus 3:7
And Jehovah saith, `I have certainly seen the affliction of My people who [are] in Egypt, and their cry I have heard, because of its exactors, for I have known its pains;
Numbers 35:33
`And ye profane not the land which ye [are] in, for blood profaneth the land; as to the land, it is not pardoned for blood which is shed in it except by the blood of him who sheddeth it;
Joshua 7:19
And Joshua saith unto Achan, `My son, put, I pray thee, honour on Jehovah, God of Israel, and give to Him thanks, and declare, I pray thee, to me, what thou hast done -- hide not from me.'
2 Kings 9:26
Have I not the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons seen yesternight -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- yea, I have recompensed to thee in this portion -- the affirmation of Jehovah; -- and now, lift up, cast him into the portion, according to the word of Jehovah.'
Job 16:18
O earth, do not thou cover my blood! And let there not be a place for my cry.

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.


 
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