American King James Version
"Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, "
— Esther 4:15, American King James Version
“Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,”
“Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai, ”
“Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,”
“Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:”
“And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:”
“Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer:”
“Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,”
And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with yourself that you shall escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but you and your father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knows whether you are come to the kingdom for such a time as this? ¶
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.