3Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgress you the king's commandment?


In Context

1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

2 And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

3 Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgress you the king's commandment?

4 Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he listened not to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

5 And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath.

Esther 3:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Then the king’s servants, which [were] in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Then the royal officials at the king's gate asked Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's command?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:3And the king's servants that were chief at the doors of the palace, said to him: Why dost thou alone not observe the king's commandment?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Then the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:3Then the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Then the king's servants who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why dost thou transgress the king's commandment?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, |Why do you disobey the king's commandment?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3And the servants of the king, who are in the gate of the king, say to Mordecai, 'Wherefore art thou transgressing the command of the king?'