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 reply to Mordecai: 16“Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!” So Mordecai set out to do everything that Esther had instructed him.

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