Esther 4:4 BSB — MannaFest

Esther 4:4

When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.

BSB

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ASV

And Esther’s maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he received it not.

KJV

So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then was the queen . . . grieved; and . . . sent raiment to . . . Mordecai--Her object in doing so was either to qualify him for resuming his former office, or else, perhaps, of fitting him to come near enough to the palace to inform her of the cause of such sudden and extreme distress.

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַ֠תָּבֹאינָה	va.te.vo.'ei.nah	and they came	H935 →
נַעֲר֨וֹת	na.'a.Rot	[the] maids of	H5291 →
אֶסְתֵּ֤ר	'es.Ter	Esther	H635 →
וְסָרִיסֶ֙יהָ֙	ve.sa.ri.Sei.ha	and eunuchs her	H5631 →
וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ	vai.ya.Gi.du	and they told	H5046 →
לָ֔הּ	Lah	to her
וַתִּתְחַלְחַ֥ל	va.tit.chal.Chal	and she agonized	H2342 →
הַמַּלְכָּ֖ה	ha.mal.Kah	the queen	H4436 →
מְאֹ֑ד	me.'Od	exceedingly	H3966 →
וַתִּשְׁלַ֨ח	va.tish.Lach	and she sent	H7971 →
בְּגָדִ֜ים	be.ga.Dim	garments	H899 →
לְהַלְבִּ֣ישׁ	le.hal.Bish	to clothe	H3847 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מָרְדֳּכַ֗י	ma.re.do.Khai	Mordecai	H4782 →
וּלְהָסִ֥יר	u.le.ha.Sir	and to remove	H5493 →
שַׂקּ֛וֹ	sa.Ko	sackcloth his	H8242 →
מֵעָלָ֖יו	me.'a.Lav	from on <the> him	H5921 →
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
קִבֵּֽל׃	ki.Bel	he accepted [them]	H6901 →

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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
Psalms 77:2
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
leads to
- Isaiah 26:9
  My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
- Psalms 50:15
  Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
- Isaiah 26:16
  O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
- Genesis 37:35
  All his sons and daughters tried to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. “No,” he said. “I will go down to Sheol mourning for my son.” So his father wept for him.
- Hebrews 5:7
  During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…
Through
Isaiah 56:3
Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 6:17
  But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.
- Acts 10:34
  Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,
- Matthew 19:12–30
  For there are eunuchs who were born that way; others were made that way by men; and still others live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can…

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