Esther 第 4 章 - King James Strong Number Version

1

When Mordecai <H4782> perceived <H3045> all that was done, <H6213> Mordecai <H4782> rent <H7167> his clothes, <H0899> and put on <H3847> sackcloth <H8242> with ashes, <H0665> and went out <H3318> into the midst <H8432> of the city, <H5892> and cried <H2199> with a loud <H1419> and a bitter <H4751> cry; <H2201>

2

And came <H0935> even before <H6440> the king's <H4428> gate: <H8179> for none [might] enter <H0935> into the king's <H4428> gate <H8179> clothed <H3830> with sackcloth. <H8242>

3

And in every province, <H4082> <H4082> whithersoever <H4725> the king's <H4428> commandment <H1697> and his decree <H1881> came, <H5060> [there was] great <H1419> mourning <H0060> among the Jews, <H3064> and fasting, <H6685> and weeping, <H1065> and wailing; <H4553> and many <H7227> lay <H3331> in sackcloth <H8242> and ashes. <H0665>

4

So Esther's <H0635> maids <H5291> and her chamberlains <H5631> came <H0935> and told <H5046> [it] her. Then was the queen <H4436> exceedingly <H3966> grieved; <H2342> and she sent <H7971> raiment <H0899> to clothe <H3847> Mordecai, <H4782> and to take away <H5493> his sackcloth <H8242> from him: but he received <H6901> [it] not.

5

Then called <H7121> Esther <H0635> for Hatach, <H2047> [one] of the king's <H4428> chamberlains, <H5631> whom he had appointed <H5975> to attend upon <H6440> her, and gave him a commandment <H6680> to Mordecai, <H4782> to know <H3045> what it [was], and why it [was].

6

So Hatach <H2047> went forth <H3318> to Mordecai <H4782> unto the street <H7339> of the city, <H5892> which [was] before <H6440> the king's <H4428> gate. <H8179>

7

And Mordecai <H4782> told <H5046> him of all that had happened <H7136> unto him, and of the sum <H6575> of the money <H3701> that Haman <H2001> had promised <H0559> to pay <H8254> to the king's <H4428> treasuries <H1595> for the Jews, <H3064> to destroy <H0006> them.

8

Also he gave <H5414> him the copy <H6572> of the writing <H3791> of the decree <H1881> that was given <H5414> at Shushan <H7800> to destroy <H8045> them, to shew <H7200> [it] unto Esther, <H0635> and to declare <H5046> [it] unto her, and to charge <H6680> her that she should go in <H0935> unto the king, <H4428> to make supplication <H2603> unto him, and to make request <H1245> before <H6440> him for her people. <H5971>

9

And Hatach <H2047> came <H0935> and told <H5046> Esther <H0635> the words <H1697> of Mordecai. <H4782>

10

Again Esther <H0635> spake <H0559> unto Hatach, <H2047> and gave him commandment <H6680> unto Mordecai; <H4782>

11

All the king's <H4428> servants, <H5650> and the people <H5971> of the king's <H4428> provinces, <H4082> do know, <H3045> that whosoever, whether man <H0376> or woman, <H0802> shall come <H0935> unto the king <H4428> into the inner <H6442> court, <H2691> who is not called, <H7121> [there is] one <H0259> law <H1881> of his to put [him] to death, <H4191> except <H0905> such to whom the king <H4428> shall hold out <H3447> the golden <H2091> sceptre, <H8275> that he may live: <H2421> but I have not been called <H7121> to come in <H0935> unto the king <H4428> these thirty <H7970> days. <H3117>

12

And they told <H5046> to Mordecai <H4782> Esther's <H0635> words. <H1697>

13

Then Mordecai <H4782> commanded <H0559> to answer <H7725> Esther, <H0635> Think <H1819> not with thyself <H5315> that thou shalt escape <H4422> in the king's <H4428> house, <H1004> more than all the Jews. <H3064>

14

For if thou altogether <H2790> holdest thy peace <H2790> at this time, <H6256> [then] shall there enlargement <H7305> and deliverance <H2020> arise <H5975> to the Jews <H3064> from another <H0312> place; <H4725> but thou and thy father's <H0001> house <H1004> shall be destroyed: <H0006> and who knoweth <H3045> whether thou art come <H5060> to the kingdom <H4438> for [such] a time <H6256> as this?

15

Then Esther <H0635> bade <H0559> [them] return <H7725> Mordecai <H4782> [this answer],

16

Go, <H3212> gather together <H3664> all the Jews <H3064> that are present <H4672> in Shushan, <H7800> and fast <H6684> ye for me, and neither eat <H0398> nor drink <H8354> three <H7969> days, <H3117> night <H3915> or day: <H3117> I also and my maidens <H5291> will fast <H6684> likewise; and so <H3651> will I go in <H0935> unto the king, <H4428> which [is] not according to the law: <H1881> and if I perish, <H0006> I perish. <H0006>

17

So Mordecai <H4782> went his way, <H5674> and did <H6213> according to all that Esther <H0635> had commanded <H6680> him.