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Esther 4:4
4And Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told [it] her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him; but he received [it] not.
Esther 4:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
- New International Version (NIV)When Esther’s eunuchs and female attendants came and told her about Mordecai, she was in great distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When Esther's young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Esther’s maids and eunuchs came and told her, and the queen was deeply distressed. Then she sent garments to clothe Mordecai and take his sackcloth away from him, but he would not accept them.
Context of Esther 4:4
2and came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. 3And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing: many lay in sackcloth and ashes. And Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told [it] her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him; but he received [it] not. 5Then Esther called for Hatach, [one] of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to wait upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. 6And Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the public place of the city which was before the king's gate.
Read all of Esther 4Esther 4:4 word by word
וַ֠תָּבֹאינָה נַעֲר֨וֹת אֶסְתֵּ֤ר וְסָרִיסֶ֙יהָ֙ וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ לָ֔הּ וַתִּתְחַלְחַ֥ל הַמַּלְכָּ֖ה מְאֹ֑ד וַתִּשְׁלַ֨ח בְּגָדִ֜ים לְהַלְבִּ֣ישׁ אֶֽת־מָרְדֳּכַ֗י וּלְהָסִ֥יר שַׂקּ֛וֹ מֵעָלָ֖יו וְלֹ֥א קִבֵּֽל׃Read the interlinear
- maidsנַעֲרָהna‛ărâh · maidenH5291
- cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
- queenמַלְכָּהmalkâh · queenH4436
- exceedinglyמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
- sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
- clotheלָבֵשׁlâbash lâbêsh · to clotheH3847
- Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782
- awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
- sackclothשַׂקώaq · sackclothH8242
Cross-references for Esther 4:4
- Esther 1:12But the queen Vashti refused to come at the word of the king which was [sent] by the chamberlains; and the king was very wroth, and his fury burned in him.
- 1 Samuel 8:15And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give to his chamberlains and to his servants.
- 2 Kings 9:32And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And two or three chamberlains looked out to him.
- Isaiah 56:3And let not the son of the alien, that hath joined himself to Jehovah, speak saying, Jehovah hath entirely separated me from his people; neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree;
- Acts 8:27And he rose up and went. And lo, an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a man in power under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to worship at Jerusalem,
- Genesis 37:35And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted, and said, For I will go down to my son into Sheol mourning. Thus his father wept for him.
- Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Jeremiah 31:15Thus saith Jehovah: A voice hath been heard in Ramah, the wail of very bitter weeping, — Rachel weeping for her children, refusing to be comforted for her children, because they are not.
Commentaries on Esther 4:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Sent raiment - She supposed that he must have been spoiled of his raiment by some means; and therefore sent him clothing.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Esther‘s maids told it her - Esther‘s nationality and her relationship to Mordecai were probably by this time known to her attendants, though still concealed from the king. See Esther 7:4.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Then was the queen ... grieved; and ... sent raiment to ... Mordecai--Her object in doing so was either to qualify him for resuming his former office, or else, perhaps, of fitting him to come near enough to the palace to inform her of the cause of such sudden and extreme distress.Read the comment
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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
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