Esther 4:9

Esther 4:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
• New International Version (NIV)Hathak went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Hathach returned and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

Context of Esther 4:9

7Mordecai told Hathach everything that had happened. He told Hathach how much money Haman would pay to the king when people destroyed all the Jews. 8Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the law that they had read aloud to the people in Susa. He told Hathach to show the law to Esther and explain it to her. Mordecai also said that Esther must go and speak to the king. She must ask the king to let her people live. Hathach went back into the palace. He told Esther what Mordecai had said. 10Then Esther sent Hathach back to Mordecai with this message: 11‘Everybody knows the law. People cannot go to meet the king in his own part of the palace unless the king asks them to come. All the king's officers and all his people know that that is the law. If somebody decides to go to the king when the king has not asked to see him, that person must die. He will only stay alive if the king holds out his gold sceptre towards him. As for me, the king has not asked me to go to him for the last 30 days.’

Esther 4:9 word by word

וַיָּב֖וֹא הֲתָ֑ךְ וַיַּגֵּ֣ד לְאֶסְתֵּ֔ר אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֥י מָרְדֳּכָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Hatachהֲתָךְhăthâk · HathachH2047
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and toldנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · word: speakingH1697
• of Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782

Commentaries on Esther 4:9

• 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 4:9

• Hatach
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In the dictionaries

• Esther
• Mordecai
• Esther, Hadassah
• 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