4:1 When Mordecai 4782 perceived 3045 8804 all that was done 6213 8738, Mordecai 4782 rent 7167 8799 his clothes 899, and put on 3847 8799 sackcloth 8242 with ashes 665, and went out 3318 8799 into the midst 8432 of the city 5892, and cried 2199 8799 with a loud 1419 and a bitter 4751 cry 2201;

4:2 And came 935 8799 even before 6440 the king's 4428 gate 8179: for none [might] enter 935 8800 into the king's 4428 gate 8179 clothed 3830 with sackcloth 8242.

4:3 And in every province 4082, whithersoever 4725 the king's 4428 commandment 1697 and his decree 1881 came 5060 8688, [there was] great 1419 mourning 60 among the Jews 3064, and fasting 6685, and weeping 1065, and wailing 4553; and many 7227 lay 3331 8714 in sackcloth 8242 and ashes 665.(many…: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many)

4:4 So Esther's 635 maids 5291 and her chamberlains 5631 came 935 8799 and told 5046 8686 [it] her. Then was the queen 4436 exceedingly 3966 grieved 2342 8698; and she sent 7971 8799 raiment 899 to clothe 3847 8687 Mordecai 4782, and to take away 5493 8687 his sackcloth 8242 from him: but he received 6901 8765 [it] not.(chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs)

4:5 Then called 7121 8799 Esther 635 for Hatach 2047, [one] of the king's 4428 chamberlains 5631, whom he had appointed 5975 8689 to attend 6440 upon her, and gave him a commandment 6680 8762 to Mordecai 4782, to know 3045 8800 what it [was], and why it [was].(appointed…: Heb. set before her)

4:6 So Hatach 2047 went forth 3318 8799 to Mordecai 4782 unto the street 7339 of the city 5892, which [was] before 6440 the king's 4428 gate 8179.

4:7 And Mordecai 4782 told 5046 8686 him of all that had happened 7136 8804 unto him, and of the sum 6575 of the money 3701 that Haman 2001 had promised 559 8804 to pay 8254 8800 to the king's 4428 treasuries 1595 for the Jews 3064, to destroy 6 8763 them.

4:8 Also he gave 5414 8804 him the copy 6572 of the writing 3791 of the decree 1881 that was given 5414 8738 at Shushan 7800 to destroy 8045 8687 them, to shew 7200 8687 [it] unto Esther 635, and to declare 5046 8687 [it] unto her, and to charge 6680 8763 her that she should go in 935 8800 unto the king 4428, to make supplication 2603 8692 unto him, and to make request 1245 8763 before 6440 him for her people 5971.

4:9 And Hatach 2047 came 935 8799 and told 5046 8686 Esther 635 the words 1697 of Mordecai 4782.

4:10 Again Esther 635 spake 559 8799 unto Hatach 2047, and gave him commandment 6680 8762 unto Mordecai 4782;

4:11 All the king's 4428 servants 5650, and the people 5971 of the king's 4428 provinces 4082, do know 3045 8802, that whosoever, whether man 376 or woman 802, shall come 935 8799 unto the king 4428 into the inner 6442 court 2691, who is not called 7121 8735, [there is] one 259 law 1881 of his to put [him] to death 4191 8687, except 905 such to whom the king 4428 shall hold out 3447 8686 the golden 2091 sceptre 8275, that he may live 2421 8804: but I have not been called 7121 8738 to come in 935 8800 unto the king 4428 these thirty 7970 days 3117.

4:12 And they told 5046 8686 to Mordecai 4782 Esther's 635 words 1697.

4:13 Then Mordecai 4782 commanded 559 8799 to answer 7725 8687 Esther 635, Think 1819 8762 not with thyself 5315 that thou shalt escape 4422 8736 in the king's 4428 house 1004, more than all the Jews 3064.

4:14 For if thou altogether 2790 8687 holdest thy peace 2790 8686 at this time 6256, [then] shall there enlargement 7305 and deliverance 2020 arise 5975 8799 to the Jews 3064 from another 312 place 4725; but thou and thy father's 1 house 1004 shall be destroyed 6 8799: and who knoweth 3045 8802 whether thou art come 5060 8689 to the kingdom 4438 for [such] a time 6256 as this?(enlargement: Heb. respiration)

4:15 Then Esther 635 bade 559 8799 [them] return 7725 8687 Mordecai 4782 [this answer],

4:16 Go 3212 8798, gather together 3664 8798 all the Jews 3064 that are present 4672 8737 in Shushan 7800, and fast 6684 8798 ye for me, and neither eat 398 8799 nor drink 8354 8799 three 7969 days 3117, night 3915 or day 3117: I also and my maidens 5291 will fast 6684 8799 likewise; and so 3651 will I go 935 8799 in unto the king 4428, which [is] not according to the law 1881: and if I perish 6 8804, I perish 6 8804.(present: Heb. found)

4:17 So Mordecai 4782 went his way 5674 8799, and did 6213 8799 according to all that Esther 635 had commanded 6680 8765 him.(went…: Heb. passed)

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