Esther 4
King James Version with Strongs Numbers - Esther 4 << | >> 12345678910 4:1 When Mordecai4782 perceived3045 all that was done6213, Mordecai4782 rent7167 his clothes0899, and put on3847 sackcloth8242 with ashes0665, and went out3318 into the midst8432 of the city5892, and cried2199 with a loud1419 and a bitter4751 cry2201; 4:2 And came0935 even before6440 the king's4428 gate8179: for none {might} enter0935 into the king's4428 gate8179 clothed3830 with sackcloth8242. 4:3 And in every province4082, whithersoever4725 the king's4428 commandment1697 and his decree1881 came5060, {there was} great1419 mourning0060 among the Jews3064, and fasting6685, and weeping1065, and wailing4553; and many7227 lay3331 in sackcloth8242 and ashes0665. 4:4 So Esther's0635 maids5291 and her chamberlains5631 came0935 and told5046 {it} her. Then was the queen4436 exceedingly3966 grieved2342; and she sent7971 raiment0899 to clothe3847 Mordecai4782, and to take away5493 his sackcloth8242 from him: but he received6901 {it} not. 4:5 Then called7121 Esther0635 for Hatach2047, {one} of the king's4428 chamberlains5631, whom he had appointed5975 to attend6440 upon her, and gave him a commandment6680 to Mordecai4782, to know3045 what it {was}, and why it {was}. 4:6 So Hatach2047 went forth3318 to Mordecai4782 unto the street7339 of the city5892, which {was} before6440 the king's4428 gate8179. 4:7 And Mordecai4782 told5046 him of all that had happened7136 unto him, and of the sum6575 of the money3701 that Haman2001 had promised0559 to pay8254 to the king's4428 treasuries1595 for the Jews3064, to destroy0006 them. 4:8 Also he gave5414 him the copy6572 of the writing3791 of the decree1881 that was given5414 at Shushan7800 to destroy8045 them, to shew7200 {it} unto Esther0635, and to declare5046 {it} unto her, and to charge6680 her that she should go in0935 unto the king4428, to make supplication2603 unto him, and to make request1245 before6440 him for her people5971. 4:9 And Hatach2047 came0935 and told5046 Esther0635 the words1697 of Mordecai4782. 4:10 Again Esther0635 spake0559 unto Hatach2047, and gave him commandment6680 unto Mordecai4782; 4:11 All the king's4428 servants5650, and the people5971 of the king's4428 provinces4082, do know3045, that whosoever, whether man0376 or woman0802, shall come0935 unto the king4428 into the inner6442 court2691, who is not called7121, {there is} one0259 law1881 of his to put {him} to death4191, except0905 such to whom the king4428 shall hold out3447 the golden2091 sceptre8275, that he may live2421: but I have not been called7121 to come in0935 unto the king4428 these thirty7970 days3117. 4:12 And they told5046 to Mordecai4782 Esther's0635 words1697. 4:13 Then Mordecai4782 commanded0559 to answer7725 Esther0635, Think1819 not with thyself5315 that thou shalt escape4422 in the king's4428 house1004, more than all the Jews3064. 4:14 For if thou altogether2790 holdest thy peace2790 at this time6256, {then} shall there enlargement7305 and deliverance2020 arise5975 to the Jews3064 from another0312 place4725; but thou and thy father's0001 house1004 shall be destroyed0006: and who knoweth3045 whether thou art come5060 to the kingdom4438 for {such} a time6256 as this? 4:15 Then Esther0635 bade0559 {them} return7725 Mordecai4782 {this answer}, 4:16 Go3212, gather together3664 all the Jews3064 that are present4672 in Shushan7800, and fast6684 ye for me, and neither eat0398 nor drink8354 three7969 days3117, night3915 or day3117: I also and my maidens5291 will fast6684 likewise; and so3651 will I go0935 in unto the king4428, which {is} not according to the law1881: and if I perish0006, I perish0006. 4:17 So Mordecai4782 went his way5674, and did6213 according to all that Esther0635 had commanded6680 him.