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New American Standard Bible

Esther 4:10

Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to 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:
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,
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 Esther summoned Hathach from the king's eunuchs, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this mourning was and why it was happening. 6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square, in front of the king's gate. 7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the elimination of the Jews. 8 He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict which had been issued in Susa for their annihilation, so that he might show Esther and inform her, and to order her to go in to the king to implore his favor and plead with him for her people. 9 So Hathach came back and reported Mordecai's words to Esther. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:11 "All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that for any man or woman who comes to the king in the inner courtyard, who is not summoned, he has only one law, that he be put to death, unless the king holds out to him the golden scepter so that he may live. And I have not been summoned to come to the king for these thirty days." 12 And they reported Esther's words to Mordecai. 13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, "Do not imagine that you in the king's palace can escape any more than all the other Jews. 14 "For if you keep silent at this time, liberation and rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?"

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
Genesis 4:9
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
Genesis 4:10
Then He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to Me from the ground.
Genesis 9:5
"I certainly will require your lifeblood; from every animal I will require it. And from every person, from every man as his brother I will require the life of a person.
Genesis 18:20
And the LORD said, "The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.
Exodus 3:7
And the LORD said, "I have certainly seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their outcry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings.
Numbers 35:33
'So you shall not defile the land in which you live; for blood defiles the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of the one who shed it.
Joshua 7:19
Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, I implore you, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me."
2 Kings 9:26
'I have certainly seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,' declares the LORD, 'and I will repay you on this property,' declares the LORD. Now then, pick him up and throw him on the property, in accordance with the word of the LORD."
Job 16:18
"Earth, do not cover my blood, And may there be no resting 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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