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Berean Standard Bible

“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.”

Esther 4:3

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Haman's decree has gone out across Persia that all the Jews are to be destroyed on a set day. Mordecai has torn his clothes and put on sackcloth, and news reaches Queen Esther inside the palace.

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Berean Standard Bible (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.

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

King James Version (KJV)

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.

American Standard Version (ASV)

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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y en cada provincia y lugar donde el mandamiento del rey y su decreto llegaba, tenían los Judíos grande luto, y ayuno, y lloro, y lamentación: saco y ceniza era la cama de muchos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

De igual manera, cuando la noticia de la orden real llegaba a las distintas provincias donde vivían judíos, estos sentían mucho dolor, ayunaban, lloraban y se lamentaban amargamente. Muchos se vestían de luto y dormían sobre ceniza.

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