13and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: 'Do not think in thy soul to be delivered in the house of the king, more than all the Jews,


In Context

10 and Esther speaketh to Hatach, and chargeth him for Mordecai:

11 All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, do know that any man and woman, who cometh in unto the king, unto the inner court, who is not called — one law of his is to put them to death, apart from him to whom the king holdeth out the golden sceptre, then he hath lived; and I — I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.'

12 And they declare to Mordecai the words of Esther,

13 and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: 'Do not think in thy soul to be delivered in the house of the king, more than all the Jews,

14 but if thou keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remaineth to the Jews from another place, and thou and the house of thy fathers are destroyed; and who knoweth whether for a time like this thou hast come to the kingdom?'

15 And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:

Esther 4:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:13he sent back this answer: "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:13He sent word to Esther again, saying: Think not that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou art in the king a house, more than all the Jews:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Then 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Then 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house more than all the Jews.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:13Then Mordecai asked them return answer to Esther, |Don't think to yourself that you will escape in the king's house any more than all the Jews.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:13Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with yourself that you shall escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.