Esther 4:13

Mordecai sent back this message: “You must not think that in the king's palace, you will escape any more than all the other Jews.

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In The King James Version

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.

In Context

12So Hathak reported Esther's words to Mordecai.

14If you remain silent at this time, relief and rescue will rise up for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. Who knows whether you have come to this royal position for such a time as this?”

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Cross References

Proverbs 24:10If you become weak with fear in the day of trouble, 1 then your strength is small. 1

John 12:25He who loves his life will lose it; but he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

Hebrews 12:3So think about him, the one who has endured such opposition from sinners against himself, so that you do not become weary in your hearts and give up.

Matthew Henry on Esther 4:6-17

Mordecai's Application to Esther; Esther Urged to Petition the King; Esther Resolves to Petition the King. ( b. c. 510.) 5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. 6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. 7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to… Read the whole commentary →

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