Esther 4:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 When they told Mordecai what Esther had said, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And they told Mordecai what Esther said. American Standard Version (1901) And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words. Common English Bible When they told Mordecai Esther’s words, Catholic Public Domain Version But, when the time came for each in the line of young women to go in to the king, after everything had been completed concerning feminine grooming, the twelfth month had been reached, to the extent that for six months they were anointed with oil of myrrh, and for another six months they used certain types of makeup and perfumes. English Standard Version 2016 And they told Mordecai what Esther had 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 court without being called, there is but one law: to be put to death. Only if the king holds out the golden scepter to someone may that person live. I myself have not been called to come in to the king for thirty days.”
Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think that in the king’s palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews.