Ester 9:4

9:4 Mordecai was of high rank ¹  in the king’s palace, and word about him was spreading throughout all the provinces. His influence ²  continued to become greater and greater.

Ester 5:12

5:12 Haman said, “Furthermore, Queen Esther invited ³  only me to accompany the king to the banquet that she prepared! And also tomorrow I am invited ⁴  along with the king.

Ester 2:12

2:12 At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, ⁵  when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus – for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women –

[9:4]  ¹ tn Heb “great”; NRSV “powerful”; NIV “prominent”; NCV “very important.”

[9:4]  ² tn Heb “the man Mordecai” (so NASB, NRSV).

[5:12]  ³ tn Heb “caused to come”; KJV “did let no man come in…but myself.”

[5:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “called to her”; KJV “invited unto her”; NAB “I am to be her guest.”

[2:12]  ⁵ tc The LXX does not include the words “that were required for the women.”

[2:12]  tn Heb “to be to her according to the law of the women”; NASB “under the regulations for the women.”