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 this answer back to her: ‘Do not think that you will be safe because you live in the king's palace. You will not escape when they kill all the other Jews. 14You must speak now on behalf of all the Jewish people. If you do not, they will receive help from another place to make them safe and free. Then you and your father's family will come to an end. But I think that perhaps you have become queen so that you can help at a time like this.’ Then Esther sent this answer to Mordecai: 16‘Tell all the Jews in Susa to meet together. Tell them to fast and to pray for me. They must not eat or drink for three days, during the day and the night. My female servants and I will also do that. After three days, I will go and speak to the king. I know that I will do that against the king's law. But if I must die because of that, I agree to die.’ 17Then Mordecai left the king's gate. He did everything that Esther had told him to do.

Esther 4:15 word by word

וַתֹּ֥אמֶר אֶסְתֵּ֖ר לְהָשִׁ֥יב אֶֽל־מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• badeאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: replyH7725
• 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
• Esther, Hadassah
• 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