Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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.

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.

Topics

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 heads of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the governors, and those doing the work that the king hath, are lifting up the Jews, for a fear of Mordecai hath fallen upon them; 4 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. 5 And the Jews smite among all their enemies -- a smiting of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction -- and do with those hating them according to their pleasure,

Cross References

2 Samuel 3:1

And the war is long between the house of Saul and the house of David, and David is going on and is strong, and the house of Saul are going on and are weak.

1 Chronicles 11:9

And David goeth, going on and becoming great, and Jehovah of Hosts is with him.

Joshua 6:27

and Jehovah is with Joshua, and his fame is in all the land.

1 Samuel 2:30

Therefore -- the affirmation of Jehovah, God of Israel -- I certainly said, Thy house and the house of thy father, do walk up and down before Me to the age; and now -- the affirmation of Jehovah -- Far be it from Me! for he who is honouring Me, I honour, and those despising Me, are lightly esteemed.

1 Chronicles 14:17

and the name of David goeth out into all the lands, and Jehovah hath put his fear on all the nations.

Psalm 1:3

And he hath been as a tree, Planted by rivulets of water, That giveth its fruit in its season, And its leaf doth not wither, And all that he doth he causeth to prosper.

Psalm 18:43

Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me.

Proverbs 4:18

And the path of the righteous is as a shining light, Going and brightening till the day is established,

Isaiah 9:7

To the increase of the princely power, And of peace, there is no end, On the throne of David, and on his kingdom, To establish it, and to support it, In judgment and in righteousness, Henceforth, even unto the age, The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts doth this.

Zephaniah 3:19

Lo, I am dealing with all afflicting thee at that time, And I have saved the halting one, And the driven out ones I do gather, And have set them for a praise and for a name, In all the land of their shame.

Matthew 4:24

and his fame went forth to all Syria, and they brought to him all having ailments, pressed with manifold sicknesses and pains, and demoniacs, and lunatics, and paralytics, and he healed them.

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