Esther 3:3 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³ Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mor´decai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, Why do you transgress the king's command?

American Standard Version (1901)

³ Then the king’s servants, that were in the king’s gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king’s commandment?

Common English Bible

³ So the royal workers at the King’s Gate said to Mordecai, “Why don’t you obey the king’s order?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And so, in the third year of his reign, he made a great feast for all the leaders and his servants, for the most powerful among the Persians and the distinguished among the Medes, and for the rulers of the provinces before him,

Esther 3:3 Cross References

Esther 2:19

And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mor´decai sat in the king's gate.

Esther 3:2

And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mor´decai bowed not, nor did him reverence.

Esther 3:4

Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mor´decai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.