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Esther 4:13-15
EasyEnglish Bible
Esther 4:13-15
EasyEnglish Bible
13 he sent this answer back to her: ‘Do not think that you will be safe because you live in the king's palace. You will not escape when they kill all the other Jews. 14 You must speak now on behalf of all the Jewish people. If you do not, they will receive help from another place to make them safe and free. Then you and your father's family will come to an end. But I think that perhaps you have become queen so that you can help at a time like this.’[a]
15 Then Esther sent this answer to Mordecai:
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- 4:14 Mordecai trusted God that God would save his people, the Jews. Mordecai thought that God had put Esther in the palace as queen. Because Esther was queen, she could speak to the king. She could ask him to save the Jews.'
Esther 4:13-15
New International Version
Esther 4:13-15
New International Version
13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent(A) at this time, relief(B) and deliverance(C) for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”(D)
15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
Esther 4:13-15
King James Version
Esther 4:13-15
King James Version
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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