Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSo Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
And Mordecai passeth on, and doth according to all that Esther hath charged upon him.
And Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEsther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.
- Author
- Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
- Date
- Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC