Esther 4 – search, read, and compare multiple versions of the Bible

🚧 This feature is in beta. You may encounter issues as we continue to improve it. 🚧

Versions
Versions
World English Bible Classic
[1] Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly. [2] He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. [3] In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. [4] Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth, but he didn’t receive it. [5] Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it was. [6] So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square which was before the king’s gate. [7] Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews. [8] He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Susa to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king to make supplication to him, and to make request before him for her people. [9] Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. [10] Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai: [11] “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.” [12] They told Esther’s words to Mordecai. [13] Then Mordecai asked them to return this answer to Esther: “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews. [14] For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” [15] Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai, [16] “Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.” [17] So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
King James Version
[1] When Mordecai H4782 perceived H3045 all H3605 that was done, H6213 Mordecai H4782 rent H7167 H853 his clothes, H899 and put on H3847 sackcloth H8242 with ashes, H665 and went out H3318 into the midst H8432 of the city, H5892 and cried H2199 with a loud H1419 and a bitter H4751 cry; H2201 [2] and came H935 even before H6440 the king’s H4428 gate: H8179 for none might enter H935 into the king’s H4428 gate H8179 clothed H3830 with sackcloth. H8242 [3] And in every province, H4082 whithersoever H4725 the king’s H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 came, H5060 there was great H1419 mourning H60 among the Jews, H3064 and fasting, H6685 and weeping, H1065 and wailing; H4553 and many H7227 lay H3331 in sackcloth H8242 and ashes. H665 [4] So Esther’s H635 maids H5291 and her chamberlains H5631§ came H935 and told H5046 it her. Then was the queen H4436 exceedingly H3966 grieved; H2342 and she sent H7971 raiment H899 to clothe H3847 H853 Mordecai, H4782 and to take away H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him: but he received H6901 it not. [5] Then called H7121 Esther H635 for Hatach, H2047 one of the king’s H4428 chamberlains, H5631 whom H834 he had appointed H5975 to attend H6440 upon H5921 her,§ and gave him a commandment H6680 to Mordecai, H4782 to know H3045 what it was, and why it was. [6] So Hatach H2047 went forth H3318 to Mordecai H4782 unto H413 the street H7339 of the city, H5892 which was before H6440 the king’s H4428 gate. H8179 [7] And Mordecai H4782 told H5046 him of all that had happened H7136 unto him, and of the sum H6575 of the money H3701 that Haman H2001 had promised H559 to pay H8254 to the king’s H4428 treasuries H1595 for the Jews, H3064 to destroy H6 them. [8] Also he gave H5414 him the copy H6572 of the writing H3791 of the decree H1881 that was given H5414 at Shushan H7800 to destroy H8045 them, to shew H7200 H853 it unto Esther, H635 and to declare H5046 it unto her, and to charge H6680 her that she should go in H935 unto the king, H4428 to make supplication H2603 unto him, and to make request H1245 before H6440 him for her people. H5971 [9] And Hatach H2047 came H935 and told H5046 Esther H635 H853 the words H1697 of Mordecai. H4782 [10] Again Esther H635 spake H559 unto Hatach, H2047 and gave him commandment H6680 unto Mordecai; H4782 [11] all H3605 the king’s H4428 servants, H5650 and the people H5971 of the king’s H4428 provinces, H4082 do know, H3045 that whosoever, whether man H376 or woman, H802 shall come H935 unto H413 the king H4428 into the inner H6442 court, H2691 who H834 is not called, H7121 there is one H259 law H1881 of his to put him to death, H4191 except H905 such to whom the king H4428 shall hold out H3447 the golden H2091 H853 sceptre, H8275 that he may live: H2421 but I have not been called H7121 to come in H935 unto H413 the king H4428 these H2088 thirty H7970 days. H3117 [12] And they told H5046 to Mordecai H4782 Esther’s H635 H853 words. H1697 [13] Then Mordecai H4782 commanded H559 to answer H7725 Esther, H635 Think H1819 not H408 with thyself H5315 that thou shalt escape H4422 in the king’s H4428 house, H1004 more than all the Jews. H3064 [14] For H3588 if thou altogether H2790 holdest thy peace H2790 at this time, H6256 then shall there enlargement H7305§ and deliverance H2020 arise H5975 to the Jews H3064 from another H312 place; H4725 but thou and thy father’s H1 house H1004 shall be destroyed: H6 and who knoweth H3045 whether thou art come H5060 to the kingdom H4438 for such a time H6256 as this? [15] Then Esther H635 bade H559 them return H7725 Mordecai H4782 this answer, [16] Go, H3212 gather together H3664 all H3605 the Jews H3064 that are present H4672§ in Shushan, H7800 and fast H6684 ye for me, and neither eat H398 nor drink H8354 three H7969 days, H3117 night H3915 or day: H3117 I also and my maidens H5291 will fast H6684 likewise; and so H3651 will I go H935 in unto the king, H4428 which is not according to the law: H1881 and if I perish, H6 I perish. H6 [17] So Mordecai H4782 went§ his way, H5674 and did H6213 according to all that Esther H635 had commanded H6680 him.

Footnotes

  1. § 4:4 Heb. Eunuchs
  2. § 4:5 Heb. whom he had set before her
  3. § 4:14 Heb. respiration
  4. § 4:16 Heb. found
  5. § 4:17 Heb. passed
Septuaginta
[1] ‡Ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 Μαρδοχαῖος ἐπιγνοὺς G1921 τὸ G3588 συντελούμενον G4931 διέρρηξεν G1284 τὰ G3588 ἱμάτια G2440 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἐνεδύσατο G1746 σάκκον G4526 καὶ G2532 κατεπάσατο σποδὸν G4700 καὶ G2532 ἐκπηδήσας διὰ G1223 τῆς G3588 πλατείας G4116 τῆς G3588 πόλεως G4172 ἐβόα G994 φωνῇ G5456 μεγάλῃ G3173 Αἴρεται G142 ἔθνος G1484 μηδὲν G3367 ἠδικηκός. G91 [2] Καὶ G2532 ἦλθεν G2064 ἕως G2193 τῆς G3588 πύλης G4439 τοῦ G3588 βασιλέως G935 καὶ G2532 ἔστη· G2476 οὐ G3756 γὰρ G1063 ἦν G2258 ἐξὸν G1832 αὐτῷ G846 εἰσελθεῖν G1525 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 αὐλὴν G833 σάκκον G4526 ἔχοντι G2192 καὶ G2532 σποδόν. G4700 [3] Καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 πάσῃ G3956 χώρᾳ, G5561 οὗ G3757 ἐξετίθετο G1620 τὰ G3588 γράμματα, G1121 κραυγὴ G2906 καὶ G2532 κοπετὸς G2870 καὶ G2532 πένθος G3997 μέγα G3173 τοῖς G3588 Ιουδαίοις, G2453 σάκκον G4526 καὶ G2532 σποδὸν G4700 ἔστρωσαν G4766 ἑαυτοῖς. G1438 [4] Καὶ G2532 εἰσῆλθον G1525 αἱ G3588 ἅβραι καὶ G2532 οἱ G3588 εὐνοῦχοι G2135 τῆς G3588 βασιλίσσης G938 καὶ G2532 ἀνήγγειλαν G312 αὐτῇ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐταράχθη G5015 ἀκούσασα G191 τὸ G3588 γεγονὸς G1096 καὶ G2532 ἀπέστειλεν G649 στολίσαι τὸν G3588 Μαρδοχαῖον καὶ G2532 ἀφελέσθαι G851 αὐτοῦ G846 τὸν G3588 σάκκον, G4526 ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 οὐκ G3756 ἐπείσθη. G3982 [5] Ἡ G3588 δὲ G1161 Εσθηρ προσεκαλέσατο G4341 Αχραθαῖον τὸν G3588 εὐνοῦχον G2135 αὐτῆς, G846 ὃς G3739 παρειστήκει G3936 αὐτῇ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἀπέστειλεν G649 μαθεῖν G3129 αὐτῇ G846 παρὰ G3844 τοῦ G3588 Μαρδοχαίου τὸ G3588 ἀκριβές· G196 …[7] ὁ G3588 δὲ G1161 Μαρδοχαῖος ὑπέδειξεν G5263 αὐτῷ G846 τὸ G3588 γεγονὸς G1096 καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 ἐπαγγελίαν, G1860 ἣν G3739 ἐπηγγείλατο G1861 Αμαν τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ G935 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 γάζαν G1047 ταλάντων G5007 μυρίων, G3463 ἵνα G2443 ἀπολέσῃ G622 τοὺς G3588 Ιουδαίους· G2453 [8] καὶ G2532 τὸ G3588 ἀντίγραφον τὸ G3588 ἐν G1722 Σούσοις ἐκτεθὲν G1620 ὑπὲρ G5228 τοῦ G3588 ἀπολέσθαι G622 αὐτοὺς G846 ἔδωκεν G1325 αὐτῷ G846 δεῖξαι G1166 τῇ G3588 Εσθηρ καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 αὐτῷ G846 ἐντείλασθαι G1781 αὐτῇ G846 εἰσελθούσῃ G1525 παραιτήσασθαι G3868 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 καὶ G2532 ἀξιῶσαι G515 αὐτὸν G846 περὶ G4012 τοῦ G3588 λαοῦ G2992 μνησθεῖσα G3415 ἡμερῶν G2250 ταπεινώσεώς G5014 σου G4675 ὡς G5613 ἐτράφης G5142 ἐν G1722 χειρί G5495 μου, G3450 διότι G1360 Αμαν ὁ G3588 δευτερεύων τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ G935 ἐλάλησεν G2980 καθ’ G2596 ἡμῶν G2257 εἰς G1519 θάνατον· G2288 ἐπικάλεσαι G1941 τὸν G3588 κύριον G2962 καὶ G2532 λάλησον G2980 τῷ G3588 βασιλεῖ G935 περὶ G4012 ἡμῶν G2257 καὶ G2532 ῥῦσαι G4506 ἡμᾶς G2248 ἐκ G1537 θανάτου. G2288 [9] Εἰσελθὼν G1525 δὲ G1161 ὁ G3588 Αχραθαῖος ἐλάλησεν G2980 αὐτῇ G846 πάντας G3956 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 τούτους. G5128 [10] Εἶπεν G2036 δὲ G1161 Εσθηρ πρὸς G4314 Αχραθαῖον Πορεύθητι G4198 πρὸς G4314 Μαρδοχαῖον καὶ G2532 εἰπὸν G2036 ὅτι G3754 [11] Τὰ G3588 ἔθνη G1484 πάντα G3956 τῆς G3588 βασιλείας G932 γινώσκει G1097 ὅτι G3754 πᾶς G3956 ἄνθρωπος G444 ἢ G2228 γυνή, G1135 ὃς G3739 εἰσελεύσεται G1525 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 εἰς G1519 τὴν G3588 αὐλὴν G833 τὴν G3588 ἐσωτέραν G2082 ἄκλητος, οὐκ G3756 ἔστιν G2076 αὐτῷ G846 σωτηρία· G4991 πλὴν G4133 ᾧ G3739 ἐκτείνει G1614 ὁ G3588 βασιλεὺς G935 τὴν G3588 χρυσῆν G5552 ῥάβδον, G4464 οὗτος G3778 σωθήσεται· G4982 κἀγὼ G2504 οὐ G3756 κέκλημαι G2564 εἰσελθεῖν G1525 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα, G935 εἰσὶν G1526 αὗται G3778 ἡμέραι G2250 τριάκοντα. G5144 [12] Καὶ G2532 ἀπήγγειλεν G518 Αχραθαῖος Μαρδοχαίῳ πάντας G3956 τοὺς G3588 λόγους G3056 Εσθηρ. [13] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Μαρδοχαῖος πρὸς G4314 Αχραθαῖον Πορεύθητι G4198 καὶ G2532 εἰπὸν G2036 αὐτῇ G846 Εσθηρ, μὴ G3361 εἴπῃς G2036 σεαυτῇ G4572 ὅτι G3754 σωθήσῃ G4982 μόνη G3441 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 βασιλείᾳ G932 παρὰ G3844 πάντας G3956 τοὺς G3588 Ιουδαίους· G2453 [14] ὡς G5613 ὅτι G3754 ἐὰν G1437 παρακούσῃς G3878 ἐν G1722 τούτῳ G5129 τῷ G3588 καιρῷ, G2540 ἄλλοθεν βοήθεια G996 καὶ G2532 σκέπη ἔσται G2071 τοῖς G3588 Ιουδαίοις, G2453 σὺ G4771 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 ὁ G3588 οἶκος G3624 τοῦ G3588 πατρός G3962 σου G4675 ἀπολεῖσθε· G622 καὶ G2532 τίς G5101 οἶδεν G1492 εἰ G1487 εἰς G1519 τὸν G3588 καιρὸν G2540 τοῦτον G5126 ἐβασίλευσας; G936 [15] Καὶ G2532 ἐξαπέστειλεν G1821 Εσθηρ τὸν G3588 ἥκοντα G2240 πρὸς G4314 αὐτὴν G846 πρὸς G4314 Μαρδοχαῖον λέγουσα G3004 [16] Βαδίσας ἐκκλησίασον τοὺς G3588 Ιουδαίους G2453 τοὺς G3588 ἐν G1722 Σούσοις καὶ G2532 νηστεύσατε G3522 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐμοὶ G1699 καὶ G2532 μὴ G3361 φάγητε G5315 μηδὲ G3366 πίητε G4095 ἐπὶ G1909 ἡμέρας G2250 τρεῖς G5140 νύκτα G3571 καὶ G2532 ἡμέραν, G2250 κἀγὼ G2504 δὲ G1161 καὶ G2532 αἱ G3588 ἅβραι μου G3450 ἀσιτήσομεν, καὶ G2532 τότε G5119 εἰσελεύσομαι G1525 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 βασιλέα G935 παρὰ G3844 τὸν G3588 νόμον, G3551 ἐὰν G1437 καὶ G2532 ἀπολέσθαι G622 με G3165 ᾖ. G5600 [17] Καὶ G2532 βαδίσας Μαρδοχαῖος ἐποίησεν G4160 ὅσα G3745 ἐνετείλατο G1781 αὐτῷ G846 Εσθηρ,
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament

Footnotes

  1. ‡ 4:1 This chapter was originally Ἐσθήρ 4.