Esther 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.

biblegateway Est 9:4

Mordecai was prominent in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces, and he became more and more powerful.

biblegateway Est 9:4

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.

biblegateway Est 9:4

For Mordecai had been promoted in the king’s palace, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces as he became more and more powerful.

biblegateway Est 9:4

Mordecai by now was a power in the palace. As Mordecai became more and more powerful, his reputation had grown in all the provinces.

SABDAweb Est 9:4

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.

bibleoremus Est 9:4

For Mordecai was powerful in the king’s house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces as the man Mordecai grew more and more powerful.

biblegateway Est 9:4

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

biblegateway Est 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.

¹ tn Heb “great”; NRSV “powerful”; NIV “prominent”; NCV “very important.”

² tn Heb “the man Mordecai” (so NASB, NRSV).