Esther (Greek) 4:11 in every translation
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English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899 In this text: Esther 4:11
All the king’s servants, and all the provinces that are under his dominion, know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, cometh into the king’s inner court, who is not called for, is immediately to be put to death without any delay: except the king shall hold out the golden sceptre to him, in token of clemency, that so he may live. How then can I go in to the king, who for these thirty days now have not been called unto him?
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version In this text: Esther 4:11
“All the servants of the king and all the provinces that are under his realm understand that anyone, whether man or woman, who enters the king’s inner court, who has not been summoned, is immediately to be put to death without any delay, unless the king should happen to extend the golden scepter to him, as a sign of clemency, so that he will be able to live. How then can I go in to the king, when, for thirty days now, I have not been called to him?”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
‘All the nations of the empire know that any man or woman who goes in to the king into the inner court without being called, that person must die, unless the king stretches out his golden sceptre; then he shall live. I haven’t been called to go into the king for thirty days.’”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
‘All the nations of the empire know that any man or woman who goes in to the king into the inner court without being called, that person must die, unless the king stretches out his golden sceptre; then he shall live. I haven’t been called to go into the king for thirty days.’”
MSB Majority Standard Bible In this text: Esther 4:11
“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
BSB Berean Standard Bible In this text: Esther 4:11
“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
ASV American Standard Version (1901) In this text: Esther 4:11
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 for him, that he be put to death, except those 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.
LSV Literal Standard Version In this text: Esther 4:11
“All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, know that any man and woman who comes to the king, into the inner court, who is not called—one law of his [is] to put [them] to death, apart from him to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, then he has lived; and I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”
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Darby Darby Translation In this text: Esther 4:11
All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces do know that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law, to put [him] to death, except [such] to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live; and I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833) In this text: Esther 4:11
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, [there is] one law of his to put [him] to death, except him to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599) In this text: Esther 4:11
All the Kings seruants and the people of the Kings prouinces doe knowe, that whosoeuer, man or woman, that commeth to the King into the inner court, which is not called, there is a law of his, that he shall dye, except him to whom the King holdeth out the golden rodde, that he may liue. Now I haue not bene called to come vnto the King these thirtie dayes.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible In this text: Esther 4:11
She said, “All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner courtyard without being summoned, there is only one law: That he must be put to death—except for anyone to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. I have not been called to come to the king these thirty days.”
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Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917) In this text: Esther 4:11
'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 for him, that he be put 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.'
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person cannot live: only to whomsoever the king shall stretch out [his] golden sceptre, he shall live: and I have not been called to go in to the king, for these thirty days.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person cannot live: only to whomsoever the king shall stretch out [his] golden scepter, he shall live: and I have not been called to go in to the king, for these thirty days.
YLT Young's Literal Translation In this text: Esther 4:11
'All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, do know that any man and woman, who cometh in unto the king, unto the inner court, who is not called — one law [of] his [is] to put [them] to death, apart from him to whom the king holdeth out the golden sceptre, then he hath lived; and I — I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.'
FBV Free Bible Version In this text: Esther 4:11
“All the king's officials, and even the people in the provinces of the king's empire, know that any man or any woman who goes to the king, entering his inner court without being summoned, is sentenced to death—that is the king's one law—unless the king holds out his golden scepter to them so they can live. In my case, I have not been called to go to the king for thirty days.”
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Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English In this text: Esther 4:11
It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909 In this text: Esther 4:11
Todos los siervos del rey, y el pueblo de las provincias del rey saben, que cualquier hombre ó mujer que entra al rey al patio de adentro sin ser llamado, por una sola ley ha de morir: salvo aquel á quien el rey extendiere el cetro de oro, el cual vivirá: y yo no he sido llamada para entrar al rey estos treinta días.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008) In this text: Esther 4:11
«Todo el mundo sabe que cualquiera, sea hombre o mujer, que entre a la presencia del rey sin ser llamado por él está condenado a morir, a menos que el rey le tienda su cetro de oro. ¡Hace más de un mes que el rey no me llama a su presencia!».
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible) In this text: Esther 4:11
Todos los servidores del rey y la gente de las provincias del rey, saben que para cualquier persona, sea hombre o mujer, que entre al patio interior del rey sin ser llamado, hay una sola ley: Debe morir, excepto aquél a quien el rey extienda el cetro de oro para que viva. Y yo no fui llamada para ir ante el rey en estos 30 días.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish) In this text: Esther 4:11
“Todos los funcionarios del rey, e incluso la gente de las provincias del imperio del rey, saben que cualquier hombre o cualquier mujer que se dirija al rey, entrando en su corte interior sin ser convocado, es condenado a muerte -esa es la única ley del rey- a menos que el rey les tienda su cetro de oro para que puedan vivir. En mi caso, hace treinta días que no me llaman para ir al rey”.
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BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026) In this text: Esther 4:11
«Todos los servidores del rey y los habitantes de las provincias del reino saben que hay una sola ley para cualquier hombre o mujer que se presente ante el rey en el patio interior sin haber sido llamado: debe morir. Solo conserva la vida aquel a quien el rey le extiende su cetro de oro. Pero hace treinta días que el rey no me llama para presentarme ante él».
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Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
ὅτι τὰ ἔθνη πάντα τῆς βασιλείας γινώσκει ὅτι πᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἢ γυνὴ ὃς εἰσελεύσεται πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα εἰς τὴν αὐλὴν τὴν ἐσωτέραν ἄκλητος, οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ σωτηρία· πλὴν ᾧ ἐκτείνῃ ὁ βασιλεὺς τὴν χρυσῆν ῥάβδον, οὗτος σωθήσεται· κᾀγὼ οὐ κέκλημαι εἰσελθεῖν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα, εἰσὶν αὗται ἡμέραι τριάκοντα.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex In this text: Esther 4:11
כָּל־עַבְדֵ֣י הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ וְעַם־מְדִינ֨וֹת הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ יֽוֹדְעִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּל־אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֡ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָבֽוֹא־אֶל־הַמֶּלֶךְ֩ אֶל־הֶחָצֵ֨ר הַפְּנִימִ֜ית אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־יִקָּרֵ֗א אַחַ֤ת דָּתוֹ֙ לְהָמִ֔ית לְ֠בַד מֵאֲשֶׁ֨ר יֽוֹשִׁיט־ל֥וֹ הַמֶּ֛לֶךְ אֶת־שַׁרְבִ֥יט הַזָּהָ֖ב וְחָיָ֑ה וַאֲנִ֗י לֹ֤א נִקְרֵ֙אתי֙ לָב֣וֹא אֶל־הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ זֶ֖ה שְׁלוֹשִׁ֥ים יֽוֹם׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate In this text: Esther 4:11
Omnes servi regis, et cunctæ, quæ sub ditione ejus sunt, norunt provinciæ, quod sive vir, sive mulier non vocatus, interius atrium regis intraverit, absque ulla cunctatione statim interficiatur: nisi forte rex auream virgam ad eum tetenderit pro signo clementiæ, atque ita possit vivere. Ego igitur quomodo ad regem intrare potero, quæ triginta jam diebus non sum vocata ad eum?
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible) In this text: Esther 4:11
поне́же всѝ ꙗ҆зы́цы ца́рствїѧ вѣ́дѧтъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ всѧ́къ мꙋ́жъ и҆лѝ жена̀, и҆́же а҆́ще вни́детъ ко царе́ви во внꙋ́треннїй до́мъ не при́званъ, нѣ́сть є҆мꙋ̀ спасе́нїѧ, то́чїю къ немꙋ́же а҆́ще простре́тъ ца́рь златы́й же́злъ, се́й спасе́нъ бꙋ́детъ: а҆́зъ же нѣ́смь звана̀ вни́ти ко царю̀ сѐ ᲂу҆жѐ три́десѧть дні́й.
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Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876) In this text: Esther 4:11
все служащие при царе и народы в областях царских знают, что всякому, и мужчине и женщине, кто войдет к царю во внутренний двор, не быв позван, один суд — смерть; только тот, к кому прострет царь свой золотой скипетр, останется жив. А я не звана к царю вот уже тридцать дней.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850) In this text: Esther 4:11
Πάντες οι δούλοι του βασιλέως, και ο λαός των επαρχιών του βασιλέως, εξεύρουσιν, ότι όστις, ανήρ ή γυνή, εισέλθη προς τον βασιλέα εις την ενδοτέραν αυλήν άκλητος, εις νόμος αυτού είναι να θανατόνηται, εκτός εκείνου προς τον οποίον ο βασιλεύς εκτείνει το χρυσούν σκήπτρον διά να ζήση· αλλ' εγώ δεν προσεκλήθην να εισέλθω προς τον βασιλέα ήδη τριάκοντα ημέρας.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic) In this text: Esther 4:11
Знају све слуге цареве и народ по земљама царевим да ко би год, човек или жена, ушао к цару унутра у двор не будући позван, један је закон за њ, да се погуби, осим коме би цар пружио златну палицу, тај остаје жив; а ја нисам звана да уђем к цару, ово је тридесет дана.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script) In this text: Esther 4:11
Znaju sve sluge careve i narod po zemljama carevim da ko bi god, čovek ili žena, ušao k caru unutra u dvor ne budući pozvan, jedan je zakon za nj, da se pogubi, osim kome bi car pružio zlatnu palicu, taj ostaje živ; a ja nisam zvana da uđem k caru, ovo je trideset dana.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865) In this text: Esther 4:11
«إِنَّ كُلَّ عَبِيدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَشُعُوبِ بِلَادِ ٱلْمَلِكِ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّ كُلَّ رَجُلٍ دَخَلَ أَوِ ٱمْرَأَةٍ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ، إِلَى ٱلدَّارِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ وَلَمْ يُدْعَ، فَشَرِيعَتُهُ وَاحِدَةٌ أَنْ يُقْتَلَ، إِلَّا ٱلَّذِي يَمُدُّ لَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ قَضِيبَ ٱلذَّهَبِ فَإِنَّهُ يَحْيَا. وَأَنَا لَمْ أُدْعَ لِأَدْخُلَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلِكِ هَذِهِ ٱلثَّلَاثِينَ يَوْمًا».
Not in these translations (10)
KJV, RV, Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT