Esther 4:13 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.”
Esther 4:13 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Esther 4:13 in 6 Bible Translations
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Esther 4:13 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Then Mordecai asked them to return this answer to Esther: “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews.”
Esther 4:13 — World English Bible
Esther 4:13 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Esther 4:13 — American Standard Version
Esther 4:13 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: `Do not think in thy soul to be delivered <FI>in<Fi> the house of the king, more than all the Jews,”
Esther 4:13 — Young's Literal Translation
Esther 4:13 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. ”
Esther 4:13 — Darby Translation
Esther 4:13 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And Mordecai saide, that they should answere Ester thus, Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the Kings house, more then all the Iewes.”
Esther 4:13 — Geneva Bible
Esther 4:13 in Context — Esther 4
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,
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What Does Esther 4:13 Mean?
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