Esther 4:14

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?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
altogether	הַחֲרֵ֣שׁ ha.cha.Resh	H2790	to scratch · verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
peace	תַּחֲרִישִׁי֮ ta.cha.ri.Shi	H2790	to scratch · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular
time	בָּעֵ֣ת ba.'Et	H6256	time · preposition with the article + noun, common both genders singular absolute
enlargement	רֶ֣וַח Re.vach	H7305	room · noun, common masculine singular absolute
deliverance	וְהַצָּלָ֞ה ve.ha.tza.Lah	H2020	rescue · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute
arise	יַעֲמ֤וֹד ya.'a.Mod	H5975	to stand · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Jews	לַיְּהוּדִים֙ lai.ye.hu.Dim	H3064	a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew) · preposition with the article + noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
another	אַחֵ֔ר 'a.Cher	H312	properly · adjective, masculine singular absolute
place	מִמָּק֣וֹם mi.ma.Kom	H4725	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
father’s	אָבִ֖יךְ 'a.Vikh	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
house	וּבֵית u.veit-	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular construct
destroyed	תֹּאבֵ֑דוּ to.Ve.du	H6	properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
knoweth	יוֹדֵ֔עַ yo.De.a'	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
come	הִגַּ֖עַתְּ hi.Ga.'at	H5060	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 2nd person feminine singular
kingdom	לַמַּלְכֽוּת la.mal.Khut	H4438	a rule · preposition with the article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
time	לְעֵ֣ת le.'Et	H6256	time · preposition + noun, common both genders singular absolute

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Cross-references

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1 Samuel 12:22 For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
Deuteronomy 32:36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up,…
Isaiah 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is t…
Jeremiah 30:11 For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make…
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it…
Acts 7:20-25 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
Ezra 9:9 For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, t…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 4:5–end

So strictly did the laws of Persia confine the wives, especially the king's wives, that it was not possible for Mordecai to have a conference with Esther about this important affair, but divers messages are here carried between them by Hatach, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and it seems he was one she could confide in. I. She sent to Mordecai to know more particularly and fully what the trouble was which he was now lamenting (Est 4:5) and why it was that he would not put off his sackcloth. To enquire thus after news, that we may know the better how to direct our griefs and joys, our prayers and praises, well becomes all that love Sion. If we must weep with those that weep, we mus…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 4:13

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther--His answer was to this effect, that Esther need not indulge the vain hope she would, from her royal connection, escape the general doom of her race--that he (Mordecai) confidently believed God would interpose, and, if not through her, by some other deliverer, save His people; but that the duty evidently devolved on her, as there was great reason to believe that this was the design of Providence in her elevation to the dignity of queen, and therefore that she should go with a courageous heart, not doubting of success.

Adam Clarke on Esther 4:14

Then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise - He had a confidence that deliverance would come by some means; and he thought that Esther would be the most likely; and that, if she did not use the influence which her providential station gave her, she would be highly culpable. And who knoweth whether thou art come - As if he had said, "Is it likely that Divine providence would have so distinguished thee, and raised thee from a state of abject obscurity, merely for thy own sake? Must it not have been on some public account! Did not he see what was coming? and has he not put thee in the place where thou mayest counteract one of the most ruinous purposes ever formed?" Is there a human bein…

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Dictionary and topics

Readings, Select · ESTHER’ S TRIUMPH — ESTHER’ S TRIUMPH

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Esther 4:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 4:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 4:13

Adam Clarke on Esther 4:14

Dictionary and topics

Esther 4:14

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Esther 4:5–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 4:13

Adam Clarke on Esther 4:14

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Esther 4:14

Keil & Delitzsch on Esther 4:12-14

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Esther 4:13-14

Rashi on Esther 4:14