Get a random Bible verse from the Book of Esther — the queen who saved her people.
Esther 4:14
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for [such] a time as this?
King James Version (1769) · public domainEsther 4:14
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About the Book of Esther
Esther is the only book of the Bible that never mentions God by name, yet its pages show his hand working through people and timing. A young Jewish queen in Persia must risk her life to save her people from a plot to destroy them.
Its 10 chapters and 167 verses build toward the bold words "yet who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?" (Esther 4:14). Behind the plot stands the villain Haman, whose gallows are set for the queen's kinsman Mordecai; before it is won through banquets, a sleepless king and a single unmasked edict. The book explains the Jewish feast of Purim and celebrates courage in the face of an unthinkable threat.
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Key themes in Esther
Courage
Providence
Deliverance
Fear
Timing
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Pick a chapter to draw a random verse from Esther 1–10.
Esther 4:14For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for [such] a time as this?
Esther 4:16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which [is] not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Esther 5:2And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, [that] she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that [was] in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Esther 5:3Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what [is] thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
Esther 8:8Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal [it] with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
Esther 9:1Now in the twelfth month, that [is], the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
Esther tells how a young Jewish queen in Persia risked her life to save her people from a royal plot to destroy them, leading to the Jewish feast of Purim. Though God is never named, the book shows his providential care.
How many chapters are in Esther?
The Book of Esther has 10 chapters and 167 verses in the King James Version (1769).