Esther 4:15
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Esther 4:15 in other translations
| BSB | Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: |
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| WEB | Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai, |
| ASV | Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai, |
| YLT | And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai: |
| DARBY | And Esther bade to answer Mordecai: |
| BBE | Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer: |
| Webster | Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, |
What does Esther 4:15 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 4:5-17
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…
Esther 4:15 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Esther 4:14
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?
- Esther 4:15
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
- Esther 4:16
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.
Esther 4:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y Esther dijo que respondiesen á Mardochêo: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Esther dit de répondre à Mardochée: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da ließ Esther dem Mordokai antworten: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Rursumque Esther hæc Mardochæo verba mandavit: |