Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
WEB
So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
YLT
And Hatach cometh in and declareth to Esther the words of Mordecai,
DBT
And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
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