Esther 4:10

King James Version (1611 Edition)

Againe Esther spake vnto Hatach, and gaue him commaundement vnto Mordecai;

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:

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,

Young's Literal Translation
and Esther speaketh to Hatach, and chargeth him for Mordecai:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:

Contextual Overview

⁵ Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the kings chamberlaines, whom he had appointed to attend vpon her, and gaue him a commaundement to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. ⁶ So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, vnto the street of the citie, which was before the kings gate: ⁷ And Mordecai tolde him of all that had happened vnto him, and of the summe of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the Kings treasuries for the Iewes, to destroy them. ⁸ Also he gaue him the copie of the writing of the decree, that was giuen at Shushan to destroy them, to shewe it vnto Esther, and to declare it vnto her, and to charge her that she should goe in vnto the king, to make supplication vnto him, and to make request before him, for her people. ⁹ And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. ¹⁰ Againe Esther spake vnto Hatach, and gaue him commaundement vnto Mordecai; ¹¹ All the Kings seruants, and the people of the kings prouinces do know, that whosoeuer, whether man or woman, shall come vnto the King into the inner court, who is not called, there is one lawe of his to put him to death, except such to whom the King shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may liue: but I haue not beene called to come in vnto the King, these thirtie dayes. ¹² And they tolde to Mordecai Esthers words. ¹³ Then Mordecai commanded to answere Esther; Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the kings house, more then all the Iewes. ¹⁴ For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliuerance arise to the Iewes from another place, but thou and thy fathers house shall be destroyed: And who knoweth, whether thou art come to the kingdome for such a time as this?

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Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
And the LORD God said vnto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The Serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.

Genesis 4:9
And the LORD said vnto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And hee said, I know not: Am I my brothers keeper?

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me, from the ground.

Genesis 9:5
And surely your blood of your liues will I require: at the hand of euery beast will I require it, & at the hand of man, at the hand of euery mans brother will I require the life of man.

Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodome and Gomorrah is great, and because their sinne is very grieuous:

Exodus 3:7
And the Lord said, I haue surely seene the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and haue heard their crie, by reason of their taske-masters: for I know their sorrowes,

Numbers 35:33
So ye shall not pollute the lande wherein ye are: for blood, it defileth the land: and the land cannot bee cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it.

Joshua 7:19
And Ioshua said vnto Achan, My sonne, giue, I pray thee, glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession vnto him, and tel me now, what thou hast done, hide it not from me.

2 Kings 9:26
Surely I haue seene yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sonnes, sayd the Lord, and I will requite thee in this plat, sayth the Lord. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the Lord.

Job 16:18
O earth couer not thou my blood, and let my cry haue no place.

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.