When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
Esther 3:3 - Tree of Life Version Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why are you disobeying the king’s command?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 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, English Standard Version 2016 Then the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you transgress the king’s command?” |
When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
All the king’s servants who were at the king’s gate bowed down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded it. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay him honor.
Day after day, they spoke to him but he would not listen to them. Therefore they told Haman in order to see whether Mordecai’s resolve would prevail, for he had told them that he was a Jew.
Yet the midwives feared God, so they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the boys live.