Esther 4:6
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
Esther 4:6 in other translations
| BSB | So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate, |
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| WEB | So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square which was before the king’s gate. |
| ASV | So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king’s gate. |
| YLT | And Hatach goeth out unto Mordecai, unto a broad place of the city, that is before the gate of the king, |
| DARBY | And Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the public place of the city which was before the king's gate. |
| BBE | So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway. |
| Webster | So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, to the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. |
What does Esther 4:6 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 4:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Esther 4:6
- Esther 4:3
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.
- Esther 7:2
And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
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Context
- Esther 4:5
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.
- Esther 4:6
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
- Esther 4:7
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.
Esther 4:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Salió pues Atach á Mardochêo, á la plaza de la ciudad que estaba delante de la puerta del rey. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Hathac sortit vers Mardochée sur la place de la ville qui était devant la porte du roi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da ging Hathak zu Mordokai hinaus auf den Platz der Stadt, der vor dem Tore des Königs lag. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Egressusque Athach, ivit ad Mardochæum stantem in platea civitatis, ante ostium palatii: |