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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.

KJV

rursum mandavit Esther, dicens : Ne putes quod animam tuam tantum liberes, quia in domo regis es præ cunctis Judæis :

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν Μαρδοχαῖος πρὸς Ἁχραθαῖον Πορεύθητι καὶ εἰπὸν αὐτῇ Ἐσθήρ, μὴ εἴπῃς σεαυτῇ ὅτι σωθήσῃ μόνη ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς Ἰουδαίους·

LXX

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.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶר מָרְדֳּכַ֖י לְ/הָשִׁ֣יב אֶל אֶסְתֵּ֑ר אַל תְּדַמִּ֣י בְ/נַפְשֵׁ֔/ךְ לְ/הִמָּלֵ֥ט בֵּית הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ מִ/כָּל הַ/יְּהוּדִֽים

Hebrew

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In this verse

People EstherMordecai

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶסְתֵּ֣ר
'str
proper_noun · 55×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בֵּ֣ית
byt
noun · 2032×
ה
h
verb · 95×
י
y
noun · 752×
יְּהוּדִ֔ים
yhvdym
noun · 79×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מָרְדֳּכַ֖י
mrdky
proper_noun · 60×
נִי
ny
verb · 29×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Eccl 3:7 — A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
  • Esth 2:10 — Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
  • John 12:25 — He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
  • Phil 2:30 — Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
  • Prov 24:10 — If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
  • Prov 31:8 — Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction.