Esther 4:13 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 4:13

he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then 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.

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Think not - that thou shalt escape - This confirms the suspicion that Haman knew something of the relationship between Mordecai and Esther; and therefore he gives her to understand that, although in the king’s palace, she should no more escape than the Jews.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
מָרְדֳּכַ֖י	ma.re.do.Khai	Mordecai	H4782 →
לְהָשִׁ֣יב	le.ha.Shiv	to bring back	H7725 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
אֶסְתֵּ֑ר	'es.Ter	Esther	H635 →
אַל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תְּדַמִּ֣י	te.da.Mi	you imagine	H1819 →
בְנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ	ve.naf.Shekh	in self your	H5315 →
לְהִמָּלֵ֥ט	le.hi.ma.Let	to escape	H4422 →
בֵּית־	beit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ	ha.Me.lekh	the king	H4428 →
מִכָּל־	mi.kol	from all	H3605 →
הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃	hai.ye.hu.Dim	the Jews	H3064 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 12:3
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
leads to
- Galatians 6:9
  Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
- 2 Corinthians 4:16
  Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- Revelation 2:3
  Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.
Through
John 12:25
Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
leads to
- Matthew 10:39
  Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
- Luke 9:23–24
  Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.
- Mark 8:35
  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
- Luke 17:33
  Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
- Matthew 16:25
  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.

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