Esther 4 (BSB)
1 When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. 2 But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate. 3 In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 4 When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. 5 Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why. 6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate, 7 and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews. 8 Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people. 9 So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai, 11 “All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.” 12 When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai, 13 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. 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” 15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!” 17 So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
In Other Versions
Esther 4 in the ANGEFD
Esther 4 in the ANTPNG2D
Esther 4 in the AS21
Esther 4 in the BAGH
Esther 4 in the BBPNG
Esther 4 in the BBT1E
Esther 4 in the BDS
Esther 4 in the BEV
Esther 4 in the BHAD
Esther 4 in the BIB
Esther 4 in the BLPT
Esther 4 in the BNT
Esther 4 in the BNTABOOT
Esther 4 in the BNTLV
Esther 4 in the BOATCB
Esther 4 in the BOATCB2
Esther 4 in the BOBCV
Esther 4 in the BOCNT
Esther 4 in the BOECS
Esther 4 in the BOGWICC
Esther 4 in the BOHCB
Esther 4 in the BOHCV
Esther 4 in the BOHLNT
Esther 4 in the BOHNTLTAL
Esther 4 in the BOICB
Esther 4 in the BOILNTAP
Esther 4 in the BOITCV
Esther 4 in the BOKCV
Esther 4 in the BOKCV2
Esther 4 in the BOKHWOG
Esther 4 in the BOKSSV
Esther 4 in the BOLCB
Esther 4 in the BOLCB2
Esther 4 in the BOMCV
Esther 4 in the BONAV
Esther 4 in the BONCB
Esther 4 in the BONLT
Esther 4 in the BONUT2
Esther 4 in the BOPLNT
Esther 4 in the BOSCB
Esther 4 in the BOSNC
Esther 4 in the BOTLNT
Esther 4 in the BOVCB
Esther 4 in the BOYCB
Esther 4 in the BPBB
Esther 4 in the BPH
Esther 4 in the CCB
Esther 4 in the CUV
Esther 4 in the CUVS
Esther 4 in the DBT
Esther 4 in the DGDNT
Esther 4 in the DHNT
Esther 4 in the DNT
Esther 4 in the ELBE
Esther 4 in the EMTV
Esther 4 in the ESV
Esther 4 in the FBV
Esther 4 in the FEB
Esther 4 in the GGMNT
Esther 4 in the GNT
Esther 4 in the HARY
Esther 4 in the HNT
Esther 4 in the IRVA
Esther 4 in the IRVB
Esther 4 in the IRVG
Esther 4 in the IRVH
Esther 4 in the IRVK
Esther 4 in the IRVM
Esther 4 in the IRVM2
Esther 4 in the IRVO
Esther 4 in the IRVP
Esther 4 in the IRVT
Esther 4 in the IRVT2
Esther 4 in the IRVU
Esther 4 in the ISVN
Esther 4 in the JSNT
Esther 4 in the KAPI
Esther 4 in the KBT1ETNIK
Esther 4 in the KBV
Esther 4 in the KJV
Esther 4 in the KNFD
Esther 4 in the LBA
Esther 4 in the LBLA
Esther 4 in the LNT
Esther 4 in the LSV
Esther 4 in the MAAL
Esther 4 in the MBV
Esther 4 in the MBV2
Esther 4 in the MHNT
Esther 4 in the MKNFD
Esther 4 in the MNG
Esther 4 in the MNT
Esther 4 in the MNT2
Esther 4 in the MRS1T
Esther 4 in the NAA
Esther 4 in the NASB
Esther 4 in the NBLA
Esther 4 in the NBS
Esther 4 in the NBVTP
Esther 4 in the NET2
Esther 4 in the NIV11
Esther 4 in the NNT
Esther 4 in the NNT2
Esther 4 in the NNT3
Esther 4 in the PDDPT
Esther 4 in the PFNT
Esther 4 in the RMNT
Esther 4 in the SBIAS
Esther 4 in the SBIBS
Esther 4 in the SBIBS2
Esther 4 in the SBICS
Esther 4 in the SBIDS
Esther 4 in the SBIGS
Esther 4 in the SBIHS
Esther 4 in the SBIIS
Esther 4 in the SBIIS2
Esther 4 in the SBIIS3
Esther 4 in the SBIKS
Esther 4 in the SBIKS2
Esther 4 in the SBIMS
Esther 4 in the SBIOS
Esther 4 in the SBIPS
Esther 4 in the SBISS
Esther 4 in the SBITS
Esther 4 in the SBITS2
Esther 4 in the SBITS3
Esther 4 in the SBITS4
Esther 4 in the SBIUS
Esther 4 in the SBIVS
Esther 4 in the SBT
Esther 4 in the SBT1E
Esther 4 in the SCHL
Esther 4 in the SNT
Esther 4 in the SUSU
Esther 4 in the SUSU2
Esther 4 in the SYNO
Esther 4 in the TBIAOTANT
Esther 4 in the TBT1E
Esther 4 in the TBT1E2
Esther 4 in the TFTIP
Esther 4 in the TFTU
Esther 4 in the TGNTATF3T
Esther 4 in the THAI
Esther 4 in the TNFD
Esther 4 in the TNT
Esther 4 in the TNTIK
Esther 4 in the TNTIL
Esther 4 in the TNTIN
Esther 4 in the TNTIP
Esther 4 in the TNTIZ
Esther 4 in the TOMA
Esther 4 in the TTENT
Esther 4 in the UBG
Esther 4 in the UGV
Esther 4 in the UGV2
Esther 4 in the UGV3
Esther 4 in the VBL
Esther 4 in the VDCC
Esther 4 in the YALU
Esther 4 in the YAPE
Esther 4 in the YBVTP
Esther 4 in the ZBP
