15And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:
15And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:
12 And they told Mordecai Esther's words.
13 And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
15 And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:
16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.
17 And Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
4:15Then Esther bade [them] return Mordecai [this answer, ]
4:15Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
4:15And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:
4:15Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,
4:15Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,
4:15Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
4:15Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,
4:15And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:
4:15Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,