Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

There was great mourning among the Jewish people in every province where the king’s command and edict came. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.

International Standard Version

In every province where the order of the king and his edict reached, among the Jewish people there was great mourning, fasting, weeping, and lamenting, and many lay down on sackcloth and ashes.

A Conservative Version

And 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.

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

In each and every province that the decree and law of the king reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.

Bible in Basic English

And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth.

Darby Translation

And 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: many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Julia Smith Translation

And in every province and province the place where the word of the king and his edict coming, great mourning to the Jews, and fasting and weeping and wailing; sackcloth and ashes will be spread to many.

King James 2000

And 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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

In every province [each] place where the king's edict and his law came, there [was] great mourning for the Jews with fasting, crying, wailing, [and] sackcloth; and ashes were spread out as a bed for them.

Modern King James verseion

And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping and wailing. And many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And in all lands and places, as far as the king's word and commandment extended, there was great lamentation among the Jews and many fasted, wept, mourned and lay in sackcloth and in ashes.

NET Bible

Throughout each and every province where the king's edict and law were announced there was considerable mourning among the Jews, along with fasting, weeping, and sorrow. Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic of many.

New Heart English Bible

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.

The Emphasized Bible

And, throughout every province, whithersoever the word of the king and his edict came, was great mourning to the Jews, and fasting and weeping, and lamentation, - sackcloth and ashes, were spread out for many.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
מדינה 
M@diynah 
Usage: 53

מקמה מקומה מקם מקום 
Maqowm 
Usage: 401

the king's
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

and his decree
דּת 
Dath 
Usage: 22

נגע 
Naga` 
Usage: 150

גּדל גּדול 
Gadowl 
Usage: 528

H60
אבל 
'ebel 
Usage: 24

among the Jews
יהוּדי 
Y@huwdiy 
Usage: 75

and fasting
צם צום 
Tsowm 
Usage: 26

and weeping
בּכי 
B@kiy 
Usage: 29

and wailing
מספּד 
Micepd 
Usage: 16

and many
רב 
Rab 
Usage: 458

lay
יצע 
Yatsa` 
Usage: 4

שׂק 
Saq 
Usage: 48

References

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Watsons

Context Readings

Haman Prepares To Kill The Jews

2 until he came to the entrance of the palace. He did not go in because no one wearing sackcloth was allowed inside. 3 In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes. 4 Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. The queen's grief was great indeed. She sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not wear them.

Cross References

Isaiah 58:5

Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed (rush) and for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to Jehovah?

Daniel 9:3

I looked to Jehovah God to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes.

1 Samuel 4:13-14

Eli was very worried about the Ark of the Covenant. He sat besides the road staring. When the man spread the news throughout the town everyone cried out in fear.

1 Samuel 11:4

The messengers arrived at Gibeah where Saul lived. When they told the news, the people started crying in despair.

Esther 1:1

Now it came about in the days of Ahasuerus, that Ahasuerus who was ruler of a hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom, from India as far as Ethiopia:

Esther 3:12

Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were summoned. They put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people. It was to be for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs. It was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.

Esther 4:16

Go assemble all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me. Take no food or drink night or day for three days. My women and I will do the same. Then I will go in to the king even though it is against the law. If death is to be my fate, then let it come.

Isaiah 22:4

I said: Turn away from me. Let me weep bitterly. Do not try to console me over the destruction of my people.

Isaiah 22:12

In that day Jehovah God of Hosts called to weeping and mourning, to baldness and putting on sackcloth.

Isaiah 37:1-3

King Hezekiah heard it and he tore his clothes. He covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of Jehovah.

Matthew 13:42

The angels will cast them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 22:13

The king gave orders for that person to be tied hand and foot and thrown outside into the dark. That is where people will cry and grind their teeth in pain.

Matthew 25:30

Throw the worthless servant into outer darkness. There will be crying and grinding of teeth.'

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