Esther 4:13 in every translation
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English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
He sent word to Esther again, saying: Think not that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou art in the king a house, more than all the Jews:
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
And when Mordecai had heard this, he again sent word to Esther, saying, “Do not think that you will save so much as your own soul, just because you are in the king’s house and are above all the Jews.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Then Mordecai asked them to return this answer to Esther: “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Then Mordecai asked them to return this answer to Esther: “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and Mordecai commands to send back to Esther: “Do not think in your soul to be delivered [in] the house of the king, more than all the Jews,
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house more than all the Jews.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And Mordecai saide, that they should answere Ester thus, Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the Kings house, more then all the Iewes.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Mordecai sent back this message: “You must not think that in the king's palace, you will escape any more than all the other Jews.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
Then Mordecai bade them to return answer unto Esther: 'Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint In this text: Esther (Greek) 4:13
Then Mardochæus said to Achrathæus, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to thyself that thou alone wilt escape in the kingdom, more than all the [other] Jews.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint In this text: Esther (Greek) 4:13
Then Mordecai said to Hathach, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to thyself that thou alone wilt escape in the kingdom, more than all the [other] Jews.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: 'Do not think in thy soul to be delivered [in] the house of the king, more than all the Jews,
FBV Free Bible Version
Mordecai sent a message back to Esther, saying, “Don't think that just because you live in the king's palace that your life is the only one that will be saved of all the Jews!
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces dijo Mardochêo que respondiesen á Esther: No pienses en tu alma, que escaparás en la casa del rey más que todos los Judíos:
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Entonces Mardoqueo le mandó a decir: «¿Piensas que porque estás en el palacio escaparás cuando los otros judíos sean muertos?
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Y Mardoqueo mandó que se respondiera a Ester: No creas dentro de ti que escaparás en la casa del rey, mejor que cualquier otro judío.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Mardoqueo le devolvió el mensaje a Ester, diciendo: “¡No creas que porque vives en el palacio del rey tu vida es la única que se salvará de todos los judíos!
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Él mandó responderle: «No pienses que, por estar en el palacio, estarás a salvo de lo que les espera a los demás judíos.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint In this text: Esther (Greek) 4:13
Καὶ εἶπε Μαρδοχαῖος πρὸς Ἀχραθαῖον, πορεύθητι, καὶ εἰπὸν αὐτῇ, Ἐσθήρ, μὴ εἴπῃς σεαυτῇ, ὅτι σωθήσῃ μόνη ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς Ἰουδαίους·
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר מָרְדֳּכַ֖י לְהָשִׁ֣יב אֶל־אֶסְתֵּ֑ר אַל־תְּדַמִּ֣י בְנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ לְהִמָּלֵ֥ט בֵּית־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ מִכָּל־הַיְּהוּדִֽים׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
rursum mandavit Esther, dicens: Ne putes quod animam tuam tantum liberes, quia in domo regis es præ cunctis Judæis:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ речѐ мардохе́й ко а҆храѳе́ю: и҆дѝ и҆ рцы̀ є҆́й: є҆сѳи́ре, да не рече́ши въ себѣ̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ ты̀ є҆ди́на спасе́шисѧ во ца́рствїи па́че всѣ́хъ і҆ꙋдє́й:
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
И сказал Мардохей в ответ Есфири: не думай, что ты одна спасешься в доме царском из всех Иудеев.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Τότε ο Μαροδοχαίος παρήγγειλε ν' αποκριθώσι προς την Εσθήρ, Μη στοχάζεσαι εν σεαυτή ότι συ εκ πάντων των Ιουδαίων θέλεις σωθή εν τω οίκω του βασιλέως·
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А Мардохеј опет поручи Јестири: Немој мислити да ћеш се мимо све Јудејце избавити у дому царевом.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A Mardohej opet poruči Jestiri: Nemoj misliti da ćeš se mimo sve Judejce izbaviti u domu carevom.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
فَقَالَ مُرْدَخَايُ أَنْ تُجَاوَبَ أَسْتِيرُ: «لَا تَفْتَكِرِي فِي نَفْسِكِ أَنَّكِ تَنْجِينَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ دُونَ جَمِيعِ ٱلْيَهُودِ.
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT