Esther 4:9

9 Hathak went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said.

Esther 4:9 in Other Translations

9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

9 And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said.

9 So Hathach returned to Esther with Mordecai’s message.

9 Hathach came back and told Esther everything Mordecai had said.

9 Hathach came and repeated Mordecai's response to Esther.

Esther 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 4:9

And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
] Both the case of the Jews, and the cause of it, and what he would have her do at this critical juncture.

Esther 4:9 In-Context

7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

8 He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to instruct her to go into the king’s presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people.

9 Hathak went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said.

10 Then she instructed him to say to Mordecai,

11 “All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned the king has but one law: that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.”