This book is not inspired by God and is not part of the Christian canon or the Jewish Tanakh. It is shown only for historical and study purposes. View full explanation Esther (Greek) 4:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20213 The king shall appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, and they shall select beautiful young virgins to be brought to the harem in the city of Susa. Let them be entrusted to the king’s eunuch who is in charge of the women, and let ointments and whatever else they need be given them. See the chapterMore versionsDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version3 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. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)3 Throughout all the provinces, wherever the king's proclamation was made known, there was loud mourning among the Jews. They wept, wailed, and put on sackcloth and ashes. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers3 And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying, lamentation, and great mourning on the part of the Jews. They wore sackcloth and ashes. See the chapterContemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition3 In every province, wherever the king's orders had been read, the Jews cried bitterly and mourned; they put on sackcloth and sprinkled themselves with ashes. See the chapter |