Esther 4:13 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEsther 4:13 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר
ʼâmar
H559
to say
מָרְדֳּכַ֖י
Mordᵉkay
H4782
Mordecai
לְהָשִׁ֣יב
shûwb
H7725
to return
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
אֶסְתֵּ֑ר
ʼEçtêr
H635
Esther
אַל
ʼal
H408
not
תְּדַמִּ֣י
dâmâh
H1819
to resemble
בְנַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ
nephesh
H5315
soul
לְהִמָּלֵ֥ט
mâlaṭ
H4422
to escape
בֵּית
bayith
H1004
house
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
מִכָּל
kôl
H3605
all
הַיְּהוּדִֽים
Yᵉhûwdîy
H3064
Jew
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
Then Mordecai bade them return answer to Esther, Don't think to yourself that you shall escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
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King James Version Public Domain
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And Mordecai said to return to Esther: “Do not think to yourself to escape in the palace of the king, different from all the Jews.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).