Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater.

New American Standard Bible

Indeed, Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

King James Version

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

Holman Bible

For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

International Standard Version

Indeed, Mordecai was a powerful official in the palace and his fame spread throughout the provinces. Indeed, the man Mordecai grew more and more powerful.

A Conservative Version

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

American Standard Version

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

Amplified

For Mordecai was great and respected in the king’s palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

Bible in Basic English

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and word of him went out through every part of the kingdom: for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.

Julia Smith Translation

For great was Mordecai in the house of the king, and his fame went into all the provinces: for the man Mordecai went and was magnified

King James 2000

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For Mordecai [was] high-ranking in the {king's palace} and his fame spread throughout all the provinces as {Mordecai grew more and more powerful}.

Modern King James verseion

For Mordecai was great in the house of the king, and his fame went throughout all the provinces. For this man Mordecai was going on and growing greater.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and the report of him was noised in all lands, how he increased and grew.

NET Bible

Mordecai was of high rank in the king's palace, and word about him was spreading throughout all the provinces. His influence continued to become greater and greater.

New Heart English Bible

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

The Emphasized Bible

since great was Mordecai, in the house of the king, and, his fame, was going forth throughout all the provinces, - for, the man Mordecai, went on waxing great.

Webster

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai became greater and greater.

World English Bible

For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.

Youngs Literal Translation

for great is Mordecai in the house of the king, and his fame is going into all the provinces, for the man Mordecai is going on and becoming great.

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Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מרדּכּי 
Mord@kay 
Usage: 60

גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

in the king's
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

and his fame
שׁמע 
Shoma` 
Usage: 4

הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

מדינה 
M@diynah 
Usage: 53

אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

מרדּכּי 
Mord@kay 
Usage: 60

הלך 
Halak 
go, walk, come, ...away, ...along,
Usage: 1545

Context Readings

The Jews Destroy Their Enemies

3 And all the princes of the provinces, and the satraps, and the governors and officers of the king, helped the Jews; for the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them. 4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went forth throughout the provinces; for the man Mordecai became continually greater. 5 And the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them.

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:1

And the war was long between the house of Saul and the house of David; but David became continually stronger, and the house of Saul became continually weaker.

1 Chronicles 11:9

And David became continually greater; and Jehovah of hosts was with him.

Joshua 6:27

And Jehovah was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.

1 Samuel 2:30

Wherefore Jehovah the God of Israel saith, I said indeed, Thy house and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever. But now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

1 Chronicles 14:17

And the fame of David went out into all lands; and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all the nations.

Psalm 1:3

And he is as a tree planted by brooks of water, which giveth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf fadeth not; and all that he doeth prospereth.

Psalm 18:43

Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; thou hast made me the head of the nations: a people I knew not doth serve me.

Proverbs 4:18

But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.

Zephaniah 3:19

Behold, at that time I will deal with all them that afflict thee; and I will save her that halted, and gather her that was driven out; and I will make them a praise and a name in all the lands where they have been put to shame.

Matthew 4:24

And his fame went out into the whole of Syria, and they brought to him all that were ill, suffering under various diseases and pains, and those possessed by demons, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he healed them.

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