Esther 4:8
6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
7 and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
9 So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,
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- BSB
- Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
- KJV
- Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him, for her people.
- DARBY
- And he gave him a copy of the writing of the decree that had been given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew [it] to Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.
- BLB
- And a copy of the writing of the law that was given in Susa to destroy them he gave to him to show Esther, and to tell [it] to her, and to lay the charge upon her to come in to the king, to implore favor from him, and to seek from before his face concerning her people.
- ÅB
- Han gav ham også en avskrift av den skrevne befaling som var blitt gitt i Susan om å ødelegge dem, for at han skulle vise Ester den og melde henne alt og pålegge henne å gå inn til kongen og be og bønnfalle ham om nåde for sitt folk.
- OTB
- Han ga ham også en kopi av dekretet om deres tilintetgjørelse, som hadde blitt publisert i Susa, for å vise til Ester og forklare det for henne, og instruerte henne om å gå inn til kongen for å søke hans gunst og be for sitt folk.
- B1930
- Han gav ham også en avskrift av den skrevne befaling som var blitt gitt i Susan om å ødelegge dem, forat han skulde vise Ester den og melde henne alt og pålegge henne å gå inn til kongen og be og bønnfalle ham om nåde for sitt folk.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ecclesiastes 10:4
If the ruler’s temper flares against you, do not abandon your post, for calmness lays great offenses to rest.
Read in contextJob 9:15
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
Read in context1 Timothy 6:13
I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
Read in contextEsther 3:14–15
A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.
Read in contextEsther 2:20
Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
Read in contextEsther 7:3–4
Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
Read in contextProverbs 16:14–15
The wrath of a king is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.
Read in contextNehemiah 2:3–5
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
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