Esther 4:15 - Forerunner Commentary

Esther 4:15

13 And Mordecai told them to answer Esther: “Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king’s palace any more than all the other Jews.

14 For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”

15 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai:

16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in¹ Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for ^athree days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; ^band if I perish, I perish!”

17 So Mordecai went his way and did according to all that Esther commanded¹ him.

Verse Comparison: Esther 4:15

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American Standard Version
Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,

Amplified® Bible
Then Esther told them to give this answer to Mordecai,

Contemporary English Version
Esther sent a message to Mordecai, saying,

Darby English Version
And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:

Good News Bible
Esther sent Mordecai this reply:

King James Version
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,

New American Standard Bible
Then Esther told {them} to reply to Mordecai,

New International Version
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

New King James Version
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai:

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,

Revised Standard Version
Then Esther told them to reply to Mor'decai,

Young's Literal Translation
And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:

New English Translation
Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

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