Esther (Greek) 4:8 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁸ So when the decree of the king was proclaimed and many young women were gathered in the city of Susa in custody of Gai, Esther also was brought to Gai, who had custody of the women.

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Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁸ He gave him also a copy of the edict which was hanging up in Susan: that he should shew it to the queen, and admonish her to go in to the king, and to entreat him for her people.

Good News Translation (US Version)

⁸ He gave Hathach a copy of the proclamation that had been issued in Susa, ordering the destruction of the Jews. Mordecai asked him to take it to Esther so that she might go and plead with the king and beg him to have mercy on her people. “Tell her,” he said, “to remember the days when she was just an ordinary person being brought up under my care. Now, since Haman, the king's prime minister, has spoken against us and demands our death, she must pray to the Lord and then speak to the king about us. She must save us from death.”

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

⁸ And he gave him the copy of what was published in Susa concerning their destruction to show to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and entreat the king, and to beg him for the people. “Remember, he said, the days of your humble condition, how you were nursed by my hand; because Haman, who holds the next place to the king, has spoken against us to cause our death. Call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.”

Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

⁸ Mordecai handed Hachratheus a copy of the orders posted in Susa for the murder of the Jews, then he said: Hachratheus, after you show these orders to Esther and explain what they mean, ask her to go to the king and beg him to have pity on her people, the Jews! Then give her this message from me: “Esther, remember that I raised you and that you were once an ordinary person just as we are. And now Haman, the king's highest official, has lied about us, and we have been condemned to die. Beg the Lord for help, then speak to the king for us and save us from death.”

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