Esther 4:13-14
Holman Christian Standard Bible
13 Mordecai told the messenger to reply to Esther, “Don’t think that you will escape the fate of all the Jews because you are in the king’s palace. 14 If you keep silent at this time, liberation and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place,(A) but you and your father’s house will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”(B)
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Esther 4:13-14
New International Version
13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent(A) at this time, relief(B) and deliverance(C) for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”(D)
Esther 7:3-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
3 Queen Esther answered, “If I have obtained your approval,[a] my king, and if the king is pleased,(A) spare my life—this is my request; and spare my people—this is my desire.(B) 4 For my people and I have been sold out(C) to destruction, death, and extermination.(D) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves,(E) I would have kept silent. Indeed, the trouble wouldn’t be worth burdening the king.”
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- Esther 7:3 Lit If I have found favor in your eyes
Esther 7:3-4
New International Version
3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor(A) with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request. 4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(B) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]”
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- Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
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