Esther 4:17

Esther 4:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
• New International Version (NIV)So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Mordecai went his way and did according to all that Esther commanded him.

Context of Esther 4:17

15Then 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.’ Then Mordecai left the king's gate. He did everything that Esther had told him to do.

Esther 4:17 word by word

וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ר מָרְדֳּכָ֑י וַיַּ֕עַשׂ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוְּתָ֥ה עָלָ֖יו אֶסְתֵּֽר׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• So Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782
• went his wayעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• and didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• according to all that Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• had commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680

Commentaries on Esther 4:17

• 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
• Esther, the Rest 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