Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
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Gill's Exposition
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer. Which follows, and was sent by the messengers she sent the above to him.
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer. Which follows, and was…
Adam Clarke
Think not - that thou shalt escape - This confirms the suspicion that Haman knew something of the relationship between Mordecai and Esther; and therefore he gives her to understand that, although in…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house Rank and position will avail nothing against so absolute an edict.
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