Est Esther, chapter Book of Esther, chapter 4
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.Jon 3:6
Esther 4:3 in different translations
English
KJV (66 books)
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.
BSB
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
DRA
And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king’s cruel edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.
FBV
When the king's decree and orders reached all the different provinces the Jews began to mourn in terrible distress. They fasted, they wept, and they wailed; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
GNV
And in euery prouince, and place, whither the Kings charge and his commission came, there was great sorowe among the Iewes, and fasting, and weeping and mourning, and many laye in sackecloth and in ashes.
LSV
And in each and every province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, the Jews have a great mourning, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.
NASB
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 mourning rites; and many had sackcloth and ashes spread out as a bed. NASB 2020
NIV (US)
In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
NMV
And in every province, to wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, [there was] great mourning among the Y’hudim (Judeans), and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
OJB
And in every province, whithersoever the Devar HaMelech and his dat (decree) came, there was evel gadol (great mourning) among the Yehudim, and a tzom, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.
T4T
In every province of the empire, when the letter from the king was read to the Jewish people, they cried and mourned. They ◄fasted/abstained from eating food►, and wailed loudly. Many of them also put on sackcloth and threw ashes on themselves and lay on the ground.
WEB (UK)
In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning amongst the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
WEB (Updated)
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.
Russian
РСП (66 кн.)
Равно и во всякой области и месте, куда только доходило повеление царя и указ его, было большое сетование у Иудеев, и пост, и плач, и вопль; вретище и пепел служили постелью для многих.
НРП
В каждой провинции, куда пришел указ и повеление царя, у иудеев была великая скорбь и пост, плач и сетование, и многие из них, одевшись в рубище, лежали в пепле.
Заокская (Кулаков)
(И по всем областям, куда только ни доходило повеление царя и его указ, поднимался плач среди иудеев: народ постился, всюду слышались рыдания и причитания, и многие, облачившись в рубище, лежали среди пепла.)
СП (БЛ)
Во всех областях, куда дошёл царский указ, среди евреев было много плача и горя. Они постились и громко рыдали, а многие евреи, посыпав головы пеплом, лежали на земле, одетые в одежды печали.