Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
When
Mordecai learned
of
all that had
happened
, he
tore
his clothes
, put
on sackcloth and ashes, and went
out
into the middle
of the city ,
wailing
loudly
and bitterly.
And
Mordecai hath
known
all that hath
been
done
, and
Mordecai
rendeth
his garments
, and
putteth
on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth
forth
into the midst
of the city and crieth
--
a
cry
loud
and
bitter,
But
he went
only
as
far
as
the king’s
gate, because
the law
prohibited
anyone
wearing
sackcloth
from
entering
that
gate.
and
he cometh
in
unto
the front
of
the
gate of
the
king
, but
none
is
to
come
in
unto
the gate of
the
king
with
a
sackcloth-garment
.
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.
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
.
When
Esther’s
maidens
and eunuchs came
and told
her about
Mordecai
, the queen was
overcome
with
distress.
She
sent
clothes
for
Mordecai to wear
instead
of
his sackcloth, but
he would
not accept
them.
And young
women
of
Esther
come
in
and
her
eunuchs ,
and declare
`it'
to
her, and
the queen is
exceedingly
pained,
and
sendeth
garments
to
clothe
Mordecai ,
and
to turn
aside
his sackcloth from
off
him
, and
he hath
not received
`
them '
.
Then
Esther summoned
Hathach
, one
of the king’s
eunuchs appointed
to
her, and she
dispatched
him to
Mordecai to learn
what was
troubling
him
and why
.
And
Esther calleth
to
Hatach
, of the eunuchs of
the
king,
whom
he
hath
stationed
before
her, and giveth
him a
charge
for
Mordecai ,
to know
what this
`is',
and wherefore
this
`is'
.
So
Hathach
went
out to
Mordecai in
the city square
in
front
of
the king’s
gate,
And
Hatach
goeth
out unto
Mordecai ,
unto
a
broad
place
of
the city ,
that
`is'
before
the gate of
the
king
,
and Mordecai told
him all that had
happened
to
him, including
the exact
amount
of money that Haman had
promised
to pay
into
the
royal
treasury
in
order
to destroy
the Jews .
and Mordecai declareth
to
him all that hath
met
him, and
the explanation
of the
money that Haman said
to weigh
to the treasuries
of
the
king
for
the
Jews ,
to
destroy
them,
Mordecai
also
gave
Hathach
a
copy of the written
decree
issued
in
Susa
for
the
destruction
of the Jews
, to show
and explain
to Esther
, urging
her to approach
the king, implore
his
favor
, and plead
before him for her people.
and
the
copy of the writing
of the law
that
had
been
given
in
Shushan
to
destroy
them
he
hath
given
to
him
, to shew
Esther,
and to declare
`it'
to
her
, and
to
lay
a
charge
on
her to go
in
unto
the king, to
make
supplication
to
him
, and to
seek
from
before him ,
for her people.
So
Hathach
went
back
and relayed
Mordecai’s
response
to Esther .
And Hatach
cometh
in
and
declareth
to Esther the
words
of
Mordecai,
Then
Esther spoke
to Hathach
and instructed
him to
tell
Mordecai ,
and
Esther speaketh
to Hatach,
and chargeth
him for
Mordecai :
“
All the royal
officials
and the
people of the king’s
provinces know that one
law
applies
to
every
man or
woman who approaches
the king in
the inner court without
being
summoned—that
he
be
put to death .
Only
if
the king extends
the gold
scepter
may
that
person
live.
But
I have not been summoned
to appear
before
the king for
the
past
thirty days. ”
`
All servants
of
the king,
and people of the provinces of
the
king,
do
know that any
man and
woman ,
who cometh
in
unto
the king ,
unto
the inner court ,
who
is
not
called
--
one
law
`of'
his
`is'
to
put `them'
to death ,
apart
from
him
to
whom
the king holdeth
out
the golden
sceptre,
then
he
hath
lived;
and
I --
I
have not been called
to come
in
unto
the king these
thirty days. '
When
Esther’s
words
were
relayed
to Mordecai,
And
they
declare
to Mordecai the
words
of
Esther
,
he
sent
back
to her
this
reply
: “
Do not imagine
that
because
you
are
in the
king’s
palace
you
alone
will
escape
the fate
of all the Jews .
and
Mordecai
speaketh
to send
back
unto
Esther
: `
Do not think
in thy
soul
to
be
delivered
`in'
the house
of the
king,
more
than
all the Jews ,
For
if you
remain
silent at this time, relief
and deliverance for
the Jews will
arise
from another place, but
you
and your
father’s
house will
perish.
And who knows
if
perhaps
you
have
come
to
the
kingdom
for such
a time as
this? ”
but
if thou
keep
entirely
silent at this time, respite
and deliverance remaineth
to
the Jews from another place, and thou
and
the
house of
thy
fathers
are
destroyed;
and who knoweth
whether
for a time like
this thou
hast
come
to
the
kingdom
? '
Then
Esther sent
this
reply
to Mordecai:
And
Esther speaketh
to send
back
unto
Mordecai:
“
Go and
assemble
all the Jews who can
be
found in Susa
, and fast for me .
Do not eat or
drink for
three days, night or
day,
and I and my maidens
will
fast
as
you
do .
After
that
, I will
go to
the king, even
though
it
is against
the
law .
And if
I perish,
I perish!”
`
Go ,
gather
all the Jews who are
found in Shushan
, and fast for me ,
and
do not eat nor
drink three days, by
night and by
day;
also
I and my young
women
do fast
likewise
, and
so
I go in
unto
the king, that
`
is '
not
according
to
law ,
and when
I have
perished
--
I have
perished.'
So
Mordecai went
and did
all that Esther had
instructed
him.
And
Mordecai passeth
on,
and doth
according
to
all that Esther hath
charged
upon
him.
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