Esther 4:17 — compare Bible translations

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BrLXX (ESG 4:17) Καὶ βαδίσας Μαρδοχαῖος ἐποίησεν ὅσα ἐνετείλατο αὐτῷ Ἐσθήρ·
(Kai badisas Mardoⱪaios epoiaʸsen hosa eneteilato autōi Esthaʸr;)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17a) “Καὶ ἐδεήθη Κυρίου, μνημονεύων πάντα τὰ ἔργα Κυρίου, καὶ εἶπε,
(“Kai edeaʸthaʸ Kuriou, mnaʸmoneuōn panta ta erga Kuriou, kai eipe,)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17b) Κύριε Κύριε βασιλεῦ πάντων κρατῶν, ὅτι ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ σου τὸ πᾶν ἐστι, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ ἀντιδοξῶν σοι ἐν τῷ θέλειν σε σῶσαι τὸν Ἰσραήλ.
(Kurie Kurie basileu pantōn kratōn, hoti en exousia sou to pan esti, kai ouk estin ho antidoxōn soi en tōi thelein se sōsai ton Israaʸl.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17c) Ὅτι σὺ ἐποιήσας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ πᾶν θαυμαζόμενον ἐν τῇ ὑπʼ οὐρανόν. Καὶ Κύριος εἶ πάντων, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὃς ἀντιτάξεταί σοι τῷ Κυρίῳ.
(Hoti su epoiaʸsas ton ouranon kai taʸn gaʸn, kai pan thaumazomenon en taʸ hupʼ ouranon. Kai Kurios ei pantōn, kai ouk estin hos antitaxetai soi tōi Kuriōi.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17d) Σὺ πάντα γινώσκεις· σὺ οἶδας, Κύριε, ὅτι οὐκ ἐν ὕβρει, οὐδὲ ἐν ὑπερηφανείᾳ, οὐδὲ ἐν φιλοδοξίᾳ ἐποίησα τοῦτο, τὸ μὴ προσκυνεῖν τὸν ὑπερήφανον Ἀμάν. Ὅτι ηὐδόκουν φιλεῖν πέλματα ποδῶν αὐτοῦ πρὸς σωτηρίαν Ἰσραήλ.
(Su panta ginōskeis; su oidas, Kurie, hoti ouk en hubrei, oude en huperaʸfaneia, oude en filodoxia epoiaʸsa touto, to maʸ proskunein ton huperaʸfanon Aman. Hoti aʸudokoun filein pelmata podōn autou pros sōtaʸrian Israaʸl.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17e) Ἀλλʼ ἐποίησα τοῦτο, ἵνα μὴ θῶ δόξαν ἀνθρώπου ὑπεράνω δόξης Θεοῦ· καὶ οὐ προσκυνήσω οὐδένα, πλὴν σοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μου, καὶ οὐ ποιήσω αὐτὰ ἐν ὑπερηφανείᾳ.
(Allʼ epoiaʸsa touto, hina maʸ thō doxan anthrōpou huperanō doxaʸs Theou; kai ou proskunaʸsō oudena, plaʸn sou tou kuriou mou, kai ou poiaʸsō auta en huperaʸfaneia.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17f) Καὶ νῦν, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς ὁ Θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ, φεῖσαι τοῦ λαοῦ σου, ὅτι ἐπιβλέπουσιν ἡμῖν εἰς καταφθορὰν, καὶ ἐπεθύμησαν ἀπολέσαι τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς κληρονομίαν σου.
(Kai nun, Kurie ho Theos ho basileus ho Theos Abraʼam, feisai tou laou sou, hoti epiblepousin haʸmin eis katafthoran, kai epethumaʸsan apolesai taʸn ex arⱪaʸs klaʸronomian sou.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17g) Μὴ ὑπερίδῃς τὴν μερίδα σου, ἣν σεαυτῷ ἐλυτρώσω ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου.
(Maʸ huperidaʸs taʸn merida sou, haʸn seautōi elutrōsō ek gaʸs Aiguptou.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17h) Ἐπάκουσον τῆς δεήσεώς μου, καὶ ἱλάσθητι τῷ κλήρῳ σου, καὶ στρέψον τὸ πένθος ἡμῶν εἰς εὐωχίαν, ἵνα ζῶντες ὑμνῶμέν σου τὸ ὄνομα Κύριε, καὶ μὴ ἀφανίσῃς στόμα αἰνούντων σε Κύριε.
(Epakouson taʸs deaʸseōs mou, kai hilasthaʸti tōi klaʸrōi sou, kai strepson to penthos haʸmōn eis euōⱪian, hina zōntes humnōmen sou to onoma Kurie, kai maʸ afanisaʸs stoma ainountōn se Kurie.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17i) “Καὶ πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ ἐκέκραξεν ἐξ ἰσχύος αὐτῶν, ὅτι θάνατος αὐτῶν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτῶν.
(“Kai pas Israaʸl ekekraxen ex isⱪuos autōn, hoti thanatos autōn en ofthalmois autōn.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17k) Καὶ Ἐσθὴρ ἡ βασίλισσα κατέφυγεν ἐπὶ τὸν Κύριον ἐν ἀγῶνι θανάτου κατειλημμένη, καὶ ἀφελομένη τὰ ἱμάτια τῆς δόξης αὐτῆς, ἐνεδύσατο ἱμάτια στενοχωρίας καὶ πένθους, καὶ ἀντὶ τῶν ὑπερηφάνων ἡδυσμάτων, σποδοῦ καὶ κοπριῶν ἐνέπλησε τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτῆς· καὶ τὸ σῶμα αὐτῆς ἐταπείνωσε σφόδρα, καὶ πάντα τόπον κόσμου ἀγαλλιάματος αὐτῆς ἔπλησε στρεπτῶν τριχῶν αὐτῆς.
¶ “Καὶ ἐδεῖτο Κυρίου Θεοῦ Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ εἶπεν,
(Kai Esthaʸr haʸ basilissa katefugen epi ton Kurion en agōni thanatou kateilaʸmmenaʸ, kai afelomenaʸ ta himatia taʸs doxaʸs autaʸs, enedusato himatia stenoⱪōrias kai penthous, kai anti tōn huperaʸfanōn haʸdusmatōn, spodou kai kopriōn eneplaʸse taʸn kefalaʸn autaʸs; kai to sōma autaʸs etapeinōse sfodra, kai panta topon kosmou agalliamatos autaʸs eplaʸse streptōn triⱪōn autaʸs.
¶ “Kai edeito Kuriou Theou Israaʸl, kai eipen,)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17l) Κύριέ μου βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν σὺ εἶ μόνος, βοήθησόν μοι τῇ μόνῃ, καὶ μὴ ἐχούσῃ βοηθὸν εἰ μὴ σὲ, ὅτι κίνδυνός μου ἐν χειρί μου.
(Kurie mou basileus haʸmōn su ei monos, boaʸthaʸson moi taʸ monaʸ, kai maʸ eⱪousaʸ boaʸthon ei maʸ se, hoti kindunos mou en ⱪeiri mou.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17m) Ἐγὼ ἤκουον ἐκ γενετῆς μου ἐν φυλῇ πατριᾶς μου, ὅτι σὺ Κύριε ἔλαβες τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν, καὶ τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν ἐκ πάντων τῶν προγόνων αὐτῶν εἰς κληρονομίαν αἰώνιον, καὶ ἐποίησας αὐτοῖς ὅσα ἐλάλησας.
(Egō aʸkouon ek genetaʸs mou en fulaʸ patrias mou, hoti su Kurie elabes ton Israaʸl ek pantōn tōn ethnōn, kai tous pateras haʸmōn ek pantōn tōn progonōn autōn eis klaʸronomian aiōnion, kai epoiaʸsas autois hosa elalaʸsas.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17n) Καὶ νῦν ἡμάρτομεν ἐνώπιόν σου, καὶ παρέδωκας ἡμᾶς εἰς χεῖρας τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἡμῶν, ἀνθʼ ὧν ἐδοξάσαμεν τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν· δίκαιος εἶ Κύριε.
(Kai nun haʸmartomen enōpion sou, kai paredōkas haʸmas eis ⱪeiras tōn eⱪthrōn haʸmōn, anthʼ hōn edoxasamen tous theous autōn; dikaios ei Kurie.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17o) Καὶ νῦν οὐχ ἱκανώθησαν ἐν πικρασμῷ δουλείας ἡμῶν, ἀλλʼ ἔθηκαν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας τῶν εἰδώλων αὐτῶν, ἐξᾶραι ὁρισμὸν στόματός σου, καὶ ἀφανίσαι κληρονομίαν σου, καὶ ἐμφράξαι στόμα αἰνούντων σοι καὶ σβέσαι δόξαν οἴκου σου καὶ θυσιαστηρίον σου,
(Kai nun ouⱪ hikanōthaʸsan en pikrasmōi douleias haʸmōn, allʼ ethaʸkan tas ⱪeiras autōn epi tas ⱪeiras tōn eidōlōn autōn, exarai horismon stomatos sou, kai afanisai klaʸronomian sou, kai emfraxai stoma ainountōn soi kai sbesai doxan oikou sou kai thusiastaʸrion sou,)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17p) καὶ ἀνοῖξαι στόμα ἐθνῶν εἰς ἀρετὰς ματαίων, καὶ θαυμασθῆναι βασιλέα σάρκινον εἰς αἰῶνα.
(kai anoixai stoma ethnōn eis aretas mataiōn, kai thaumasthaʸnai basilea sarkinon eis aiōna.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17q) “Μὴπαραδῷς Κύριε τὸ σκῆπτρόνσουτοῖς μὴοὖσι, καὶ μὴ καταγελασάτωσαν ἐν τῇ πτώσει ἡμῶν, ἀλλὰ στρέψον τὴν βουλὴν αὐτῶν ἐπʼ αὐτούς· τὸν δὲ ἀρξάμενον ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς παραδειγμάτισον.
(“Maʸparadōis Kurie to skaʸptronsoutois maʸousi, kai maʸ katagelasatōsan en taʸ ptōsei haʸmōn, alla strepson taʸn boulaʸn autōn epʼ autous; ton de arxamenon efʼ haʸmas paradeigmatison.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17r) Μνήσθητι Κύριε, γνώσθητι ἐν καιρῷ θλίψεως ἡμῶν, καὶ ἐμὲ θάρσυνον, βασιλεῦ τῶν θεῶν, καὶ πάσης ἀρχῆς ἐπικρατῶν.
(Mnaʸsthaʸti Kurie, gnōsthaʸti en kairōi thlipseōs haʸmōn, kai eme tharsunon, basileu tōn theōn, kai pasaʸs arⱪaʸs epikratōn.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17s) Δὸς λόγον εὔρυθμον εἰς τὸ στόμα μου ἐνώπιον τοῦ λέοντος, καὶ μετάθες τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ εἰς μῖσος τοῦ πολεμοῦντος ἡμᾶς, εἰς συντέλειαν αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ὁμονοούντων αὐτῷ.
(Dos logon euruthmon eis to stoma mou enōpion tou leontos, kai metathes taʸn kardian autou eis misos tou polemountos haʸmas, eis sunteleian autou kai tōn homonoountōn autōi.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17t) Ἡμᾶς δὲ ῥύσαι ἐν χειρί σου, καὶ βοήθησόν μοι τῇ μόνῃ, καὶ μὴ ἐχούσῃ εἰ μὴ σέ Κύριε·
(Haʸmas de ɽusai en ⱪeiri sou, kai boaʸthaʸson moi taʸ monaʸ, kai maʸ eⱪousaʸ ei maʸ se Kurie;)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17u) πάντων γνῶσιν ἔχεις, καὶ οἶδας ὅτι ἐμίσησα δόξαν ἀνόμων, καὶ βδελύσσομαι κοίτην ἀπεριτμήτων, καὶ παντὸς ἀλλοτρίου.
(pantōn gnōsin eⱪeis, kai oidas hoti emisaʸsa doxan anomōn, kai bdelussomai koitaʸn aperitmaʸtōn, kai pantos allotriou.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17w) Σὺ οἶδας τὴν ἀνάγκην μου, ὅτι βδελύσσομαι τὸ σημεῖον τῆς ὑπερηφανίας μου, ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς μου ἐν ἡμέραις ὁπτασίας μου· βδελύσσομαι αὐτὸ ὡς ῥάκος καταμηνίων, καὶ οὐ φορῶ αὐτὸ ἐν ἡμέραις ἡσυχίας μου.
(Su oidas taʸn anagkaʸn mou, hoti bdelussomai to saʸmeion taʸs huperaʸfanias mou, ho estin epi taʸs kefalaʸs mou en haʸmerais hoptasias mou; bdelussomai auto hōs ɽakos katamaʸniōn, kai ou forō auto en haʸmerais haʸsuⱪias mou.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17x) Καὶ οὐκ ἔφαγεν ἡ δούλη σου τράπεζαν Ἀμὰν, καὶ οὐκ ἐδόξασα συμπόσιον βασιλέως, οὐδὲ ἔπιον οἶνον σπονδῶν.
(Kai ouk efagen haʸ doulaʸ sou trapezan Aman, kai ouk edoxasa sumposion basileōs, oude epion oinon spondōn.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17y) Καὶ οὐκ ηὐφράνθη ἡ δούλη σου ἀφʼ ἡμέρας μεταβολῆς μου μέχρι νῦν, πλὴν ἐπὶ σοὶ, Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς Ἁβραάμ.
(Kai ouk aʸufranthaʸ haʸ doulaʸ sou afʼ haʸmeras metabolaʸs mou meⱪri nun, plaʸn epi soi, Kurie ho Theos Habraʼam.)

BrLXX (ESG 4:17z) Ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἰσχύων ἐπὶ πάντας, εἰσάκουσον φωνὴν ἀπηλπισμένων, καὶ ῥύσαι ἡμᾶς ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν πονηρευομένων, καὶ ῥῦσαί με ἐκ τοῦ φόβου μου.
(Ho Theos ho isⱪuōn epi pantas, eisakouson fōnaʸn apaʸlpismenōn, kai ɽusai haʸmas ek ⱪeiros tōn ponaʸreuomenōn, kai ɽusai me ek tou fobou mou.)

BrTr (ESG 4:17a) [And he besought the Lord, making mention of all the works of the Lord; and he said,

BrTr (ESG 4:17b) Lord God, king ruling over all, for all things are in thy power, and there is no one that shall oppose thee in thy purpose to save Israel.—

BrTr (ESG 4:17c) For thou hast made the heaven and the earth, and every wonderful thing in the world under heaven. And thou art Lord of all, and there is no one who shall resist thee the Lord.

BrTr (ESG 4:17d) Thou knowest all things: thou knowest, Lord, that it is not in insolence, nor haughtiness, nor love of glory, that I have done this, to refuse obeisance to the haughty Aman. For I would gladly have kissed the soles of his feet for the safety of Israel.

BrTr (ESG 4:17e) But I have done this, that I might not set the glory of man above the glory of God: and I will not worship any one except thee, my Lord, and I will not do these things in haughtiness.

BrTr (ESG 4:17f) And now, O Lord God, the King, the God of Abraam, spare thy people, for our enemies are looking upon us to our destruction, and they have desired to destroy thine ancient inheritance.

BrTr (ESG 4:17g) Do not overlook thy peculiar people, whom thou hast redeemed for thyself out of the land of Egypt.

BrTr (ESG 4:17h) Hearken to my prayer, and be propitious to thine inheritance, and turn our mourning into gladness, that we may live and sing praise to thy name, O Lord; and do not utterly destroy the mouth of them that praise thee, O Lord.

BrTr (ESG 4:17i) And all Israel cried with all their might, for their death was before their eyes.

BrTr (ESG 4:17k) And queen Esther betook herself for refuge to the Lord, being taken as it were in the agony of death. And having taken off her glorious apparel, she put on garments of distress and mourning; and instead of grand perfumes she filled her head with ashes and dung, and she greatly brought down her body, and she filled every place of her glad adorning with the torn curls of her hair.
¶ And she besought the Lord God of Israel, and said,

BrTr (ESG 4:17l) O my Lord, thou alone art our king: help me who am destitute, and have no helper but thee, for my danger is near at hand.

BrTr (ESG 4:17m) I have heard from my birth, in the tribe of my kindred, that thou, Lord, tookest Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their kindred for a perpetual inheritance, and hast wrought for them all that thou hast said.

BrTr (ESG 4:17n) And now we have sinned before thee, and thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies, because we honoured their gods: thou art righteous, O Lord.

BrTr (ESG 4:17o) But now they have not been contented with the bitterness of our slavery, but have laid their hands on the hands of their idols, in order to abolish the decree of thy mouth, and utterly to destroy thine inheritance, and to stop the mouth of them that praise thee, and to extinguish the glory of thine house and thine altar,

BrTr (ESG 4:17p) and to open the mouth of the Gentiles to speak the praises of vanities, and in order that a mortal king should be admired for ever.

BrTr (ESG 4:17q) O Lord, do not resign thy sceptre to them that are not, and let them not laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel against themselves, and make an example of him who has begun to injure us.

BrTr (ESG 4:17r) Remember us, O Lord, manifest thyself in the time of our affliction, and encourage me, O king of gods, and ruler of all dominion.

BrTr (ESG 4:17s) Put harmonious speech into my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate him that fights against us, to the utter destruction of him and of them that consent with him.

BrTr (ESG 4:17t) But deliver us by thine hand, and help me who am destitute, and have none but thee, O Lord.

BrTr (ESG 4:17u) Thou knowest all things, and knowest that I hate the glory of transgressors, and that I abhor the couch of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger.

BrTr (ESG 4:17w) Thou knowest my necessity, for I abhor the symbol of my proud station, which is upon my head in the days of my splendour: I abhor it as a menstruous cloth, and I wear it not in the days of my tranquillity.

BrTr (ESG 4:17x) And thy handmaid has not eaten at the table of Aman, and I have not honoured the banquet of the king, neither have I drunk wine of libations.

BrTr (ESG 4:17y) Neither has thy handmaid rejoiced since the day of my promotion until now, except in thee, O Lord God of Abraam.

BrTr (ESG 4:17z) O God, who hast power over all, hearken to the voice of the desperate, and deliver us from the hand of them that devise mischief; and deliver me from my fear.

ULT And Mordecai went and did according to the whole charge that Esther had laid upon him.

UST So after Hathach told this to Mordecai, he went and did everything that Esther had told him to do.

BSB So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.

OEB Mordecai did everything Esther had directed.

WEBBE So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

NET So Mordecai set out to do everything that Esther had instructed him.

LSV And Mordecai passes on, and does according to all that Esther has charged on him.

FBV Mordecai went and did everything Esther had told him to do.

T4T So after Hathach told this to Mordecai, Mordecai went and did what Esther told him to do.

LEB And Mordecai went away and he did everything that Esther commanded him.

BBE So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had said.

Moff Mordecai went away and carried out all Esther’s orders.

JPS So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

ASV So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

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YLT And Mordecai passeth on, and doth according to all that Esther hath charged upon him.

Drby And Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

RV So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

SLT And Mordecai will pass by, and will do according to all that Esther charged upon him.

Wbstr So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

KJB-1769 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.[fn]

4.17 went…: Heb. passed

KJB-1611 So Mordecai [fn]went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
(Same as from KJB-1769 above apart from footnotes)

4:17 Heb. passed

Bshps So Mardocheus went his way, and did according to al that Esther had commaunded him.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Gnva So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Ester had commanded him.

Cvdl So Mardocheus wente his waye, & dyd all yt Hester had comaunded him.
(So Mordecai went his way, and did all it Esther had commanded him.)

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Luth Mardachai ging hin und tat alles, was ihm Esther geboten hatte.
(Mordecai went there/therefore and did all/everything, what/which him Esther offered had.)

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UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַֽ⁠יַּעֲבֹ֖ר מָרְדֳּכָ֑י

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_passed_on Mārəddəkay and=he/it_made according,to_all which/who commanded on/upon/above=him/it ʼEştēr )

The implication is that Mordecai did this after Hathak brought Esther’s reply back to him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: [so after Hathak told this to Mordecai, he went]

כְּ⁠כֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוְּתָ֥ה עָלָ֖י⁠ו אֶסְתֵּֽר

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_passed_on Mārəddəkay and=he/it_made according,to_all which/who commanded on/upon/above=him/it ʼEştēr )

Alternate translation: [everything that Esther had told him to do]

Parallel EST 4:17