Esther 4
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The Jews have sorrow for their danger
Verse 1
WEB Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and wailed loudly and a bitterly.
KJV When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
TSK all that: es 3:8-13; rent: 2sa 1:11, job 1:20, jon 3:4-9, ac 14:14; with ashes: es 4:3, jos 7:6, 2sa 13:19, job 2:8, job 42:6, isa 58:5, eze 27:30, da 9:3, jon 3:6, mt 11:21; and cried: ge 27:34, isa 15:4, isa 22:4, eze 21:6, eze 27:31, mic 1:8, zep 1:14, re 18:17-19
Verse 2
WEB He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
KJV And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
TSK No cross references.
Verse 3
WEB In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
KJV And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
TSK in every province: es 1:1, es 3:12; great mourning: 1sa 4:13,14, 1sa 11:4, isa 22:4,12, isa 37:1-3; weeping: mt 13:42, mt 22:13, mt 25:30; many lay in sackcloth and ashes: isa 58:5, da 9:3
Verse 4
WEB Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth; but he didn’t receive it.
KJV So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
TSK chamberlains: es 1:12, 1sa 8:15, 2ki 9:32, isa 56:3, ac 8:27; but he received it not: ge 37:35, ps 77:2, jer 31:15
Esther undertakes to plead for the Jews
Verse 5
WEB Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it was.
KJV Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
TSK appointed to attend upon her: es 1:10,12; to know: ro 12:15, 1co 12:26, php 2:4, heb 4:15
Verse 6
WEB So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to city square which was before the king’s gate.
KJV So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
TSK So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.: es 4:3, es 7:2, es 9:12
Verse 7
WEB Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
KJV And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
TSK all that had: es 3:2-15
Verse 8
WEB He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.
KJV Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
TSK the copy: es 3:14,15; to charge: es 2:20, 1ti 6:13,17; to make supplication: job 9:15, pr 16:14,15, ec 10:4, ac 12:20; request: es 7:3,4, es 8:6, ne 2:3-5, pr 21:1
Verse 9
WEB Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
KJV And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
TSK No cross references.
Verse 10
WEB Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai:
KJV Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
TSK No cross references.
Verse 11
WEB “All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”
KJV All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
TSK the inner court: es 5:1; one law: da 2:9; the king shall: es 5:2, es 8:4; but I: es 1:19, es 2:14, 1pe 3:7
Verse 12
WEB They told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
KJV And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
TSK No cross references.
Verse 13
WEB Then Mordecai asked them return answer to Esther, “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews.
KJV Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
TSK Think not: pr 24:10-12, mt 16:24,25, joh 12:25, php 2:30, heb 12:3
Verse 14
WEB For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
KJV For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
TSK then shall: ge 22:14, nu 23:22-24, de 32:26,27,36, 1sa 12:22, isa 54:17, jer 30:11, jer 33:24-26, jer 46:28, am 9:8,9, mt 16:18, mt 24:22; enlargement: ezr 9:9, job 9:18; but thou: es 2:7,15, jud 14:15-18, jud 15:6; whether: ge 45:4-8, isa 45:1-5, isa 49:23, ac 7:20-25; for such a time: 1sa 17:29, 2ki 19:3, ne 6:11
Verse 15
WEB Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,
KJV Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
TSK No cross references.
Verse 16
WEB “Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
KJV Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
TSK fast: 2ch 20:3, isa 22:12, joe 1:14,15, joe 2:12-17, jon 3:4-9; eat nor drink: es 5:1, mt 12:40, ac 9:9, ac 27:33; I also: ge 18:19, jos 24:15, ac 10:7; if I perish: ge 43:14, 1sa 19:5, 2sa 10:12, lu 9:24, ac 20:24, ac 21:13, ro 16:4, php 2:30