Verse
WEB
World English Bible
KJV
King James Version
Now
when Mordecai knew
all that was done, Mordecai tore
his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
When Mordecai perceived
all that was done, Mordecai rent
his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
and he
came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within
the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into
the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
In every province, wherever
the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
And
in every province, whithersoever
the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Esther's maidens
and her chamberlains came and told it her ;
and
the queen was
exceedingly grieved :
and she sent clothing
to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off
him ;
but he didn't
receive
it.
So
Esther's maids
and her chamberlains came and told it her .
Then
was
the queen exceedingly grieved ;
and she sent raiment
to clothe Mordecai, and to take away
his sackcloth from him :
but he received
it not
.
Then called Esther for Hathach
, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend on
her, and charged
him to
go
to Mordecai, to know what this
was, and why it was.
Then called Esther for Hatach
, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon
her, and gave
him a
commandment
to Mordecai, to know what it
was, and why it was.
So Hathach
went forth to Mordecai to
the broad
place
of the city, which was before the king's gate.
So Hatach
went forth to Mordecai unto
the street
of the city, which was before the king's gate.
Mordecai told him of all that had happened to
him, and the exact
sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
And
Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto
him, and of
the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out
in
Shushan to destroy them, to show
it to
Esther, and to declare it to
her, and to charge her that she should go in to
the king, to make supplication to
him, and to make request before him ,
for her people.
Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at
Shushan to destroy them, to shew
it unto
Esther, and to declare it unto
her, and to charge her that she should go in unto
the king, to make supplication unto
him, and to make request before him for her people.
Hathach
came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
And
Hatach
came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Then
Esther spoke
to
Hathach
, and gave him a
message
to
Mordecai [saying]:
Again
Esther spake
unto
Hatach
, and gave him commandment
unto
Mordecai ;
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whoever
, whether man or woman
, shall come to
the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for
him,
that
he
be
put to death, except those
to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter
, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in to
the king these thirty days.
All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever
, whether man or women
, shall come unto
the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of
his
to
put him
to death, except such
to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre
, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto
the king these thirty days.
They told to Mordecai Esther's words.
And
they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
Then Mordecai bade
them
return
answer
to Esther, Don't
think to
yourself
that you
shall
escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
Then Mordecai commanded
to answer
Esther, Think not
with
thyself
that thou
shalt
escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
For if you
altogether hold
your
peace at this time, then will
relief
and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place ,
but you
and your
father's house will
perish
: and who knows
whether you
haven't
come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
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?
Then Esther bade them return answer
to
Mordecai,
Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this
answer
,
Go, gather together all the Jews who
are present in Shushan, and fast you
for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in
like
manner
; and so will I go in to
the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Go, 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.
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
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