Esther 4:15

Esther 4:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
• New International Version (NIV)Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai:

Context of Esther 4:15

13he 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. 14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!” 17So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.

Esther 4:15 word by word

וַתֹּ֥אמֶר אֶסְתֵּ֖ר לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶֽל־מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Then Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• sentשׁוּבshûb · to return: replyH7725
• this replyאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782

Commentaries on Esther 4:15

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-17Verses 5-17 We are prone to shrink from services that are attended with peril or loss. But when the cause of Christ and his people demand it, we must take up our cross, and follow him. When Christians are disposed to consult their own ease or safety, rather than the public good, they should be blamed. The law was express, all knew it. It is not thus in the court of the King of kings: to the footstool of his throne of grace we may always come boldly, and…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Esther
• Mordecai
• Prayer
• Esther, Book of

Commentaries on Esther 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings