Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
WEB
When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai,
YLT
And they declare to Mordecai the words of Esther,
DBT
And they told Mordecai Esther's words.
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