Esther 4:15

Complete Jewish Bible

Ester had them return this answer to Mordekhai:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

Hebrew Names Version
Then Ester bade them return answer to Mordekhai,

King James Version
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

English Standard Version
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,

New Century Version
Then Esther sent this answer to Mordecai:

New English Translation
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

Amplified Bible
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,

New American Standard Bible
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,

World English Bible
Then Esther bade them return answer to Mordecai,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then Ester commanded to answere Mordecai,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Esther said for them to respond to Mordecai,

Berean Standard Bible
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

Contemporary English Version
Esther sent a message to Mordecai, saying,

Darby Translation
And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Esther sent this answer to Mordecai: "Mordecai, go and get all the Jews in Susa together, and fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days and nights. I and my women servants will fast too. After we fast, I will go to the king. I know it is against the law to go to the king if he didn't call me, but I will do it anyway. If I die, I die."

George Lamsa Translation
Then Esther told him to return Mordecai this answer:

Good News Translation
Esther sent Mordecai this reply:

Lexham English Bible
Esther replied to Mordecai:

Literal Translation
And Esther said to take back to Mordecai,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Hester bad geue Mardocheus this answere:

American Standard Version
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,

Bible in Basic English
Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Esther bad them geue Mardocheus this aunswere:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai:

King James Version (1611)
Then Esther bade them returne Mordecai this answere:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Esther sent the man that came to her to Mardochaeus, saying,

English Revised Version
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eft Hester sente these wordis to Mardochee,

Update Bible Version
Then Esther bade them return answer to Mordecai,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then Esther bade [them] return Mordecai [this answer],

New King James Version
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai:

New Living Translation
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

New Life Bible
Then Esther told them to say to Mordecai,

New Revised Standard
Then Esther said in reply to Mordecai,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then Esther commanded, to answer Mordecai: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:

Revised Standard Version
Then Esther told them to reply to Mor'decai,

Young's Literal Translation
And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:

THE MESSAGE
Esther sent back her answer to Mordecai: "Go and get all the Jews living in Susa together. Fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, either day or night. I and my maids will fast with you. If you will do this, I'll go to the king, even though it's forbidden. If I die, I die."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,

Contextual Overview

⁵ So Ester summoned Hatakh, one of the king's officials attending her, and instructed him to go to Mordekhai and find out what this was all about and why. ⁶ Hatakh went out to Mordekhai in the open space in front of the King's Gate, ⁷ and Mordekhai told him everything that had happened to him and exactly how much silver Haman had promised to put in the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews. ⁸ He also gave him a copy of the decree for their destruction issued in Shushan; so that he could show it to Ester, explain it to her, and then instruct her to approach the king, intercede with him and implore his favor on behalf of her people. ⁹ Hatakh returned and told Ester what Mordekhai had said. ¹⁰ Then Ester spoke to Hatakh and gave him this message for Mordekhai: ¹¹ "All the king's officials, as well as the people in the royal provinces, know that if anyone, man or woman, approaches the king in the inner courtyard without being summoned, there is just one law — he must be put to death — unless the king holds out the gold scepter for him to remain alive; and I haven't been summoned to the king for the past thirty days." ¹² Upon being told what Ester had said, Mordekhai ¹³ asked them to give Ester this answer: "Don't suppose that merely because you happen to be in the royal palace you will escape any more than the other Jews. ¹⁴ For if you fail to speak up now, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from a different direction; but you and your father's family will perish. Who knows whether you didn't come into your royal position precisely for such a time as this."

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Reciprocal: Daniel 2:18 - they would

Cross-References

Genesis 4:24
If Kayin will be avenged sevenfold, then Lemekh seventy-sevenfold!"

Leviticus 26:18
If these things don't make you listen to me, then I will discipline you seven times over for your sins.

Leviticus 26:21
"‘Yes, if you go against me and don't listen to me, I will increase your calamities sevenfold, according to your sins.

Leviticus 26:24
then I too will go against you; and I, yes I, will strike you seven times over for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28
then I will go against you furiously, and I also will chastise you yet seven times more for your sins.

1 Kings 16:7
Through the prophet Yehu the son of Hanani the word of Adonai was proclaimed against Ba‘sha and his house both because he did so much evil from Adonai 's perspective, angering him with his actions and becoming like the house of Yarov‘am, and because he killed [Nadav].

Psalms 59:11
God, who gives me grace, will come to me; God will let me gaze in triumph at my foes.

Psalms 79:12
Repay our neighbors sevenfold where they can feel it for the insults they inflicted on you, Adonai.

Proverbs 6:31
but even he, if caught, must pay back sevenfold; he may have to give up all the wealth that he owns.

Ezekiel 9:4
Adonai said to him, "Go throughout the city, through all Yerushalayim, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who are sighing and crying over all the disgusting practices that are being committed in it."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer. Which follows, and was sent by the messengers she sent the above to him.