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Esther 4:1
1Now when Mordecai knew all that was done Mordecai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the midst of the city and cried with a loud and a bitter cry
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Now when Mordecai | 2knew | 3— | 4all | 5that | 6was done | 7rent | 8Mordecai | 9— | 10his clothes | 11and put on | 12sackcloth | 13with ashes | 14and went out | 15into the midst | 16of the city | 17and cried | 18with a … a … cry | 19loud | 20and … bitter
Esther 3:8-13 | 2 Samuel 1:11 | Job 1:20 | Jonah 3:4-9 | Acts 14:14 | Esther 4:3 | Joshua 7:6 | 2 Samuel 13:19 | Job 2:8 | Job 42:6 | Isaiah 58:5 | Ezekiel 27:30 | Daniel 9:3 | Jonah 3:6 | Matthew 11:21 | Genesis 27:34 | Isaiah 15:4 | Isaiah 22:4 | Ezekiel 21:6 | Ezekiel 27:31 | Micah 1:8 | Zephaniah 1:14 | Revelation 18:17-19
Esther 4:2
2and he came even before the king’s gate for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1and he came | 2even | 3before | 4gate | 5the king’s | 6for | 7none | 8might enter | 9within | 10gate | 11the king’s | 12clothed | 13with sackcloth
Esther 4:3
3And in every province whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came there was great mourning among the Jews and fasting and weeping and wailing and many lay in sackcloth and ashes
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And in every | 2province | 3— | 4whithersoever | 5whithersoever | 6commandment | 7the king’s | 8and his decree | 9came | 10there was … mourning | 11great | 12among the Jews | 13and fasting | 14and weeping | 15and wailing | 16in sackcloth | 17and ashes | 18lay | 19many
Esther 1:1 | Esther 3:12 | 1 Samuel 4:13-14 | 1 Samuel 11:4 | Isaiah 22:4, 12 | Isaiah 37:1-3 | Matthew 13:42 | Matthew 22:13 | Matthew 25:30 | Isaiah 58:5 | Daniel 9:3
Esther 4:4
4And Esther’s maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her and the queen was exceedingly grieved and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai and to take his sackcloth from off him but he received it not
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And … came | 2maidens | 3Esther’s | 4and her chamberlains | 5and told | 6her | 7and … was … grieved | 8the queen | 9exceedingly | 10and she sent | 11raiment | 12to clothe | 13— | 14Mordecai | 15and to take | 16his sackcloth | 17from off him | 18but … not | 19he received
Esther 1:12 | 1 Samuel 8:15 | 2 Kings 9:32 | Isaiah 56:3 | Acts 8:27 | Genesis 37:35 | Psalms 77:2 | Jeremiah 31:15
Esther 4:5
5Then called Esther for Hathach one of the king’s chamberlains whom he had appointed to attend upon her and charged him to go to Mordecai to know what this was and why it was
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Then called | 2Esther | 3for Hathach | 4one of … chamberlains | 5the king’s | 6whom | 7he had appointed to attend | 8upon her | 9and charged him | 10to | 11Mordecai | 12to know | 13what … was | 14this | 15and why … was | 16why … was | 17it
Esther 1:10, 12 | Romans 12:15 | 1 Corinthians 12:26 | Philippians 2:4 | Hebrews 4:15
Esther 4:6
6So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city which was before the king’s gate
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1So … went forth | 2Hathach | 3to | 4Mordecai | 5unto | 6the broad place | 7of the city | 8which | 9was before | 10gate | 11the king’s
Esther 4:7
7And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews to destroy them
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And … told | 2him | 3Mordecai | 4of | 5all | 6that | 7had happened unto him | 8and | 9the exact sum | 10of the money | 11that | 12had promised | 13Haman | 14to pay | 15to | 16treasuries | 17the king’s | 18for the Jews | 19to destroy them
Esther 4:8
8Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them to show it unto Esther and to declare it unto her and to charge her that she should go in unto the king to make supplication unto him and to make request before him for her people
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Also | 2the copy | 3of the writing | 4of the decree | 5that | 6was given out | 7in Shushan | 8to destroy them | 9he gave | 10him | 11to show | 12unto | 13Esther | 14and to declare | 15unto her | 16and to charge | 17her | 18that she should go in | 19unto | 20the king | 21to make supplication | 22unto him | 23and to make request | 24before him | 25for | 26her people
Esther 3:14-15 | Esther 2:20 | 1 Timothy 6:13, 17 | Job 9:15 | Proverbs 16:14-15 | Ecclesiastes 10:4 | Acts 12:20 | Esther 7:3-4 | Esther 8:6 | Nehemiah 2:3-5 | Proverbs 21:1
Esther 4:9
9And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And … came | 2Hathach | 3and told | 4Esther | 5— | 6the words | 7of Mordecai
Esther 4:10
10Then Esther spake unto Hathach and gave him a message unto Mordecai saying
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Then … spake | 2Esther | 3unto Hathach | 4and gave him a message | 5unto | 6Mordecai
Esther 4:11
11All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces do know that whosoever whether man or woman shall come unto the king into the inner court who is not called there is one law for him that he be put to death except those to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre that he may live but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1All | 2servants | 3the king’s | 4and the people | 5of … provinces | 6the king’s | 7do know | 8that | 9whosoever | 10man | 11whether … or woman | 12whosoever | 13shall come | 14unto | 15the king | 16into | 17the … court | 18inner | 19who | 20not | 21is … called | 22there is one | 23law for him | 24that he be put to death | 25except | 26except those | 27shall hold out | 28to whom | 29the king | 30— | 31sceptre | 32the golden | 33that he may live | 34but I | 35not | 36have … been called | 37to come in | 38unto | 39the king | 40these | 41thirty | 42days
Esther 5:1 | Daniel 2:9 | Esther 5:2 | Esther 8:4 | Esther 1:19 | Esther 2:14 | 1 Peter 3:7
Esther 4:12
12And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1And they told | 2to Mordecai | 3— | 4words | 5Esther’s
Esther 4:13
13Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house more than all the Jews
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Then … bade | 2Mordecai | 3them return | 4unto | 5Esther | 6not | 7Think | 8with thyself | 9that thou shalt escape | 10in … house | 11the king’s | 12more than all | 13the Jews
Proverbs 24:10-12 | Matthew 16:24-25 | John 12:25 | Philippians 2:30 | Hebrews 12:3
Esther 4:14
14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time then will relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place but thou and thy father’s house will perish and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1For | 2if | 3altogether | 4thou … holdest … peace | 5at … time | 6this | 7relief | 8and deliverance | 9will … arise | 10to the Jews | 11from … place | 12another | 13but thou | 14and … house | 15thy father’s | 16will perish | 17and who | 18knoweth | 19whether | 20for … a time | 21such … as this | 22thou art … come | 23to the kingdom
Genesis 22:14 | Numbers 23:22-24 | Deuteronomy 32:26-27, 36 | 1 Samuel 12:22 | Isaiah 54:17 | Jeremiah 30:11 | Jeremiah 33:24-26 | Jeremiah 46:28 | Amos 9:8-9 | Matthew 16:18 | Matthew 24:22 | Ezra 9:9 | Job 9:18 | Esther 2:7, 15 | Judges 14:15-18 | Judges 15:6 | Genesis 45:4-8 | Isaiah 45:1-5 | Isaiah 49:23 | Acts 7:20-25 | 1 Samuel 17:29 | 2 Kings 19:3 | Nehemiah 6:11
Esther 4:15
15Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Then … bade | 2Esther | 3them return | 4unto | 5Mordecai
Esther 4:16
16Go gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan and fast ye for me and neither eat nor drink three days night or day I also and my maidens will fast in like manner and so will I go in unto the king which is not according to the law and if I perish I perish
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1Go | 2gather together | 3— | 4all | 5the Jews | 6that are present | 7in Shushan | 8and fast ye | 9for me | 10and neither | 11eat | 12nor | 13drink | 14three | 15days | 16night | 17or day | 18also | 19I | 20and my maidens | 21will fast | 22in like manner | 23and so | 24will I go in | 25unto | 26the king | 27which | 28not | 29is … according to the law | 30and if | 31I perish | 32I perish
2 Chronicles 20:3 | Isaiah 22:12 | Joel 1:14-15 | Joel 2:12-17 | Jonah 3:4-9 | Esther 5:1 | Matthew 12:40 | Acts 9:9 | Acts 27:33 | Genesis 18:19 | Joshua 24:15 | Acts 10:7 | Genesis 43:14 | 1 Samuel 19:5 | 2 Samuel 10:12 | Luke 9:24 | Acts 20:24 | Acts 21:13 | Romans 16:4 | Philippians 2:30
Esther 4:17
17So Mordecai went his way and did according to all that Esther had commanded him
Word By Word, In Hebrew Order1So … went … way | 2Mordecai | 3and did | 4according to all | 5that | 6had commanded | 7him | 8Esther
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