Esther 4:13

וַיֹּאמֶר מָרְדֳּכַי לְהָשִׁיב אֶל ־ אֶסְתֵּר אַל ־ תְּדַמִּי בְנַפְשֵׁךְ לְהִמָּלֵט בֵּית ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ מִכָּל ־ הַיְּהוּדִֽים ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

12וַיַּגִּידוּ לְמָרְדֳּכָי אֵת דִּבְרֵי אֶסְתֵּֽר ׃ פ

14כִּי אִם ־ הַחֲרֵשׁ תַּחֲרִישִׁי בָּעֵת הַזֹּאת רֶוַח וְהַצָּלָה יַעֲמוֹד לַיְּהוּדִים מִמָּקוֹם אַחֵר וְאַתְּ וּבֵית ־ אָבִיךְ תֹּאבֵדוּ וּמִי יוֹדֵעַ אִם ־ לְעֵת כָּזֹאת הִגַּעַתְּ לַמַּלְכֽוּת ׃

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Cross References

Proverbs 24:10הִתְרַפִּיתָ בְּיוֹם צָרָה צַר כֹּחֶֽכָה ׃

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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