Esther 4:11
9 So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,
“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
12 When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai,
13 he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
- KJV
- All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
- WEB
- “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.”
- ASV
- All the king`s servants, and the people of the king`s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
- DARBY
- All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces do know that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is *one* law, to put [him] to death, except [such] to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live; and I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
- BLB
- “All the servants of the king and the people of the provinces of the king know that any man or woman who comes [in] to the king, into the inner court, who has not been called—[there is] one law: to put [him] to death, except to whom the king extends to him the golden scepter, and he shall live. And I—I have not been called to come [in] to the king these thirty days.”
- ÅB
- Alle kongens tjenere og folket i kongens landskaper vet at hvis noen, mann eller kvinne, går inn til kongen i den indre gård uten å være kalt, gjelder for enhver slik samme lov: at han skal late livet, uten så er at kongen rekker ut sin gullstav mot ham, da får han leve; men jeg er nå i tretti dager ikke blitt kalt til å gå inn til kongen.
- OTB
- "Alle kongens tjenere og folket i kongens provinser vet at enhver mann eller kvinne som nærmer seg kongen i den indre gården uten å bli tilkalt, står overfor den samme loven: død, med mindre kongen rekker ut gullsepteret til dem så de kan leve. Jeg har ikke blitt tilkalt til å komme til kongen på tretti dager."
- B1930
- Alle kongens tjenere og folket i kongens landskaper vet at hvis nogen, mann eller kvinne, går inn til kongen i den indre gård uten å være kalt, gjelder for enhver sådan samme lov: at han skal late livet, uten så er at kongen rekker ut sin gullstav mot ham, da får han leve; men jeg er nu i tretti dager ikke blitt kalt til å gå inn til kongen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Esther 5:1–2
On the third day, Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
Read in contextEsther 8:4
The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
Read in contextDaniel 2:9
If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one decree for you. You have conspired to speak before me false and fraudulent words, hoping the situation will change. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can give me its interpretation.”
Read in contextEsther 2:14
She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.
Read in contextEsther 6:4
“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
Read in contextEsther 1:19
So if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree, and let it be recorded in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti shall never again enter the presence of King Xerxes, and that her royal position shall be given to a woman better than she.
Read in context1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
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