{"id":17325,"verse_id":"EST.4.1","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":1,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.1","text":"Heb “Mordecai.” The pronoun (“he”) was used in the translation for stylistic reasons. A repetition of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A1/1"}
{"id":17326,"verse_id":"EST.4.1","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":1,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"4.1","text":"Heb “great.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A1/2"}
{"id":17327,"verse_id":"EST.4.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":3,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.3","text":"Heb “reached” (so NAB, NLT); KJV, NASB, NIV “came”; TEV “wherever the king’s proclamation was made known.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A3/1"}
{"id":17328,"verse_id":"EST.4.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":3,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"4.3","text":"Heb “great” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “the Jews went into deep mourning.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A3/2"}
{"id":17329,"verse_id":"EST.4.3","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":3,"note_index":3,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"4","reference":"4.3","text":"Heb “were spread to many”; KJV, NIV “many (+ people NLT) lay in sackcloth and ashes.”","source_note_position":4,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A3/4"}
{"id":17330,"verse_id":"EST.4.4","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":4,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.4","text":"The words “about Mordecai’s behavior” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in translation for the sake of clarity. Cf. NIV, NLT “about Mordecai”; TEV, CEV “what Mordecai was doing.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A4/1"}
{"id":17331,"verse_id":"EST.4.5","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":5,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.5","text":"Heb “whom he caused to stand before her”; NASB “whom the king had appointed to attend her.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A5/1"}
{"id":17332,"verse_id":"EST.4.5","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":5,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"4.5","text":"Heb “concerning Mordecai, to know what this was, and why this was.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A5/2"}
{"id":17333,"verse_id":"EST.4.8","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":8,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.8","text":"Heb “given” (so KJV); NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT “issued”; NIV “published”; NAB “promulgated.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A8/1"}
{"id":17334,"verse_id":"EST.4.9","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":9,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.9","text":"Heb “the words of Mordecai” (so KJV); NIV, NRSV, CEV “what Mordecai had said”; NLT “with Mordecai’s message.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A9/1"}
{"id":17335,"verse_id":"EST.4.11","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":11,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.11","text":"Heb “one is his law”; NASB “he (the king NIV) has but one law”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A11/1"}
{"id":17336,"verse_id":"EST.4.11","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":11,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"4.11","text":"Heb “and he will live”; KJV, ASV “that he may live”; NIV “and spare his life.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A11/2"}
{"id":17337,"verse_id":"EST.4.12","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":12,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.12","text":"Heb “the words of Esther”; TEV, NLT “Esther’s message.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A12/1"}
{"id":17338,"verse_id":"EST.4.13","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":13,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.13","text":"Heb “Mordecai.” The pronoun (“he”) was used in the translation for stylistic reasons. A repetition of the proper name here is redundant in terms of contemporary English style.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A13/1"}
{"id":17339,"verse_id":"EST.4.14","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":14,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.14","text":"Heb “from all the Jews”; KJV “more than all the Jews”; NIV “you alone of all the Jews.”","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A14/1"}
{"id":17340,"verse_id":"EST.4.14","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":14,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"4.14","text":"Heb “stand”; KJV, NASB, NIV, NLT “arise.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A14/2"}
{"id":17341,"verse_id":"EST.4.14","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":14,"note_index":3,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"3","reference":"4.14","text":"Heb “place” (so KJV, NIV, NLT); NRSV “from another quarter.” This is probably an oblique reference to help coming from God. D. J. A. Clines disagrees; in his view a contrast between deliverance by Esther and deliverance by God is inappropriate ( Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther [NCBC], 302). But Clines’ suggestion that perhaps the reference is to deliverance by Jewish officials or by armed Jewish revolt is less attractive than seeing this veiled reference as part of the literary strategy of the book, which deliberately keeps God’s providential dealings entirely in the background.","source_note_position":3,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A14/3"}
{"id":17342,"verse_id":"EST.4.14","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":14,"note_index":4,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"4","reference":"4.14","text":"Heb “And who knows whether” (so NASB). The question is one of hope, but free of presumption. Cf. Jonah 3:9 .","source_note_position":4,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A14/4"}
{"id":17343,"verse_id":"EST.4.16","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":16,"note_index":1,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"1","reference":"4.16","text":"Heb “I and my female attendants.” The translation reverses the order for stylistic reasons.","source_note_position":1,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A16/1"}
{"id":17344,"verse_id":"EST.4.16","translation_id":"net-engnet","book_id":"EST","chapter":4,"verse":16,"note_index":2,"note_type":"translator_note","label":"NET translator note","caller":"2","reference":"4.16","text":"Heb “which is not according to the law” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “contrary to the law.”","source_note_position":2,"source_url":"https://netbible.org/resource/netNote/Esther%204%3A16/2"}