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Esther 4:14 KJV
Esther · chapter 4 · verse 14
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?Esther 4:14 · King James Version
Esther 4:14 in context
12And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
13Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
15Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye 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 unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Commentary
Cross references
- Genesis 45:4-8
- 1 Samuel 12:22
- Isaiah 54:17
- Deuteronomy 32:36
- Jeremiah 30:11
- Matthew 16:18
- Acts 7:20-25
- Ezra 9:9
Key words (Strong's)
- enlargementrevachroom, literally or figurativelyH7305 →
- deliverancehatstsâlâhrescueH2020 →
- altogetherchârashto scratchH2790 →
- destroyedʼâbadproperly, to wander awayH6 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- ariseʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
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So strictly did the laws of Persia confine the wives, especially the king's wives, that it was not possible for Mordecai to have a conference with Esther about this important affair, but divers messages are here carried between them by Hatach, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and it seems he was one she…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-17