King James Version
Esther 4:13 in the King James Version says “Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than a...” — study this verse from Esther chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.”
Esther 4:13 · KJV
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? enlargement: Heb. respiration
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
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“to answer”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“not with thyself”
H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e., animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or ment
“that thou shalt escape”
H4422properly, to be smooth, i.e., (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth youn
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“more than all the Jews”
H3064a jehudite (i.e., judaite or jew), or descendant of jehudah (i.e., judah)
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