Esther 4:15
13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
- KJV
- Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
- WEB
- Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,
- ASV
- Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,
- DARBY
- And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:
- BLB
- And Esther said to return to Mordecai:
- ÅB
- Da sa Ester at det skulle gis Mordekai dette svar:
- OTB
- Da svarte Ester Mordekai:
- B1930
- Da sa Ester at det skulde gis Mordekai dette svar: