Esther 4:6

Esther 4:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
• New International Version (NIV)So Hathak went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate,
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square that was in front of the king’s gate.

Context of Esther 4:6

4When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. 5Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why. So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate, 7and 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. 8Mordecai 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.

Esther 4:6 word by word

וַיֵּצֵ֥א הֲתָ֖ךְ אֶֽל־מָרְדֳּכָ֑י אֶל־רְח֣וֹב הָעִ֔יר אֲשֶׁ֖ר לִפְנֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃Read the interlinear

• So Hathachהֲתָךְhăthâk · HathachH2047
• went outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• squareרְחוֹבrechôb rechôb · street/plazaH7339
• in frontפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• of the king’sמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• gateשַׁ֫עַרsha‛ar · gateH8179

Commentaries on Esther 4:6

• 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
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-141-2. When Mordecai perceived all that was done--Relying on the irrevocable nature of a Persian monarch's decree (Da 6:15), Hamman made it known as soon as the royal sanction had been obtained; and Mordecai was, doubtless, among the first to hear of it. On his own account, as well as on that of his countrymen, this astounding decree must have been indescribably distressing. The acts described in this passage are, according to the Oriental fashion…Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 4:6

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In the dictionaries

• Mordecai
• Hatach
• Esther, Book of
• Hathach

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