| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Es 3:4 | Strong Concordance | Now it came to pass, when they spake [0559] daily [03117] [03117] unto him, and he hearkened [08085] not unto them, that they told [05046] Haman [02001], to see [07200] whether Mordecai's [04782] matters [01697] would stand [05975]: for he had told [05046] them that he was a Jew [03064]. |
| King James | Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Whether Mordecai's matters would stand - Rather, "whether Mordecai's words would hold good" - whether, that is, his excuse, that he was a Jew, would be allowed as a valid reason for his refusal. |