KJV King James Version
For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
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Esther 10:3
For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
WEB World English Bible
For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.
ASV American Standard Version
For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
For Mordecai the Jew is second to king Ahasuerus, and a great man of the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Surrounding context — Esther 10
1 And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea.
2 And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
3 For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
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כִּ֣י׀H3588 · kiforמָרְדֳּכַ֣יH4782 · mor.de.khayMordecaiהַיְּהוּדִ֗יH3064 · ye.hu.diJewמִשְׁנֶה֙H4932 · mish.nehSecond [Quarter]לַמֶּ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingאֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁH325 · a.chash.ve.roshAhasuerusוְגָדוֹל֙H1419 · ga.dolgreat: largeלַיְּהוּדִ֔יםH3064 · ye.hu.diJewוְרָצ֖וּיH7521 · ra.tsahto acceptלְרֹ֣בH7230 · rovabundanceאֶחָ֑יוH251 · achbrother: male-siblingדֹּרֵ֥שׁH1875 · da.rashto seekטוֹב֙H2896 · tovpleasantלְעַמּ֔וֹH5971 · ampeopleוְדֹבֵ֥רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakשָׁל֖וֹםH7965 · sha.lompeaceלְכָל־H3605 · kolallזַרְעֽוֹ׃H2233 · ze.raseed
Cross-references
Nehemiah 2:10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard [of it], it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.Romans 14:18For he that in these things serveth Christ [is] acceptable to God, and approved of men.Romans 10:1Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.Daniel 5:29Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and [put] a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.Genesis 41:40Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.Genesis 41:43-44And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him [ruler] over all the land of Egypt.Psalm 122:6-9Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.2 Chronicles 28:7And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king’s son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah [that was] next to the king.Esther 3:2And all the king’s servants, that [were] in the king’s gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.Daniel 5:16And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and [have] a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.1 Samuel 23:17And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.Romans 9:2-3That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart.
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