KJV King James Version
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
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Esther 4:13
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: ‘Do not think in thy soul to be delivered in the house of the king, more than all the Jews,
Surrounding context — Esther 4
10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
11 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.
12 And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
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?
15 Then Esther bade [them] return Mordecai [this answer],
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.
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וַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayמָרְדֳּכַ֖יH4782 · mor.de.khayMordecaiלְהָשִׁ֣יבH7725 · shuvto return: returnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אֶסְתֵּ֑רH635 · es.terEstherאַל־H408 · alnotתְּדַמִּ֣יH1819 · da.mahto resembleבְנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְH5315 · ne.pheshsoulלְהִמָּלֵ֥טH4422 · ma.latto escapeבֵּית־H1004 · betplaceהַמֶּ֖לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַיְּהוּדִֽים׃H3064 · ye.hu.diJew
Cross-references
Proverbs 24:10-12[If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.Philippians 2:30Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.John 12:25He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.Hebrews 12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.Matthew 16:24-25Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any [man] will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
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