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

7Then Mordecai related to him everything that had happened to him, even the specific amount of money that Haman had offered to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews to be destroyed. 8He also gave him a written copy of the law that had been disseminated in Susa for their destruction so that he could show it to Esther and talk to her about it. He also gave instructions that she should go to the king to implore him and petition him on behalf of her people. So Hathach returned and related Mordecai’s instructions to Esther. 10Then Esther replied to Hathach with instructions for Mordecai: 11“All the servants of the king and the people of the king’s provinces know that there is only one law applicable to any man or woman who comes uninvited to the king in the inner court – that person will be put to death, unless the king extends to him the gold scepter, permitting him to be spared. Now I have not been invited to come to the king for some thirty 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

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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