Esther 9:3-4
9:3 All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who performed the king’s business were assisting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.
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).