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) 8:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 20213 And in every province where the letter had been posted there was crying, lamentation, and great mourning among the Jews, and they put on sackcloth and ashes. See the chapterMore versionsCommon English Bible3 Esther spoke further to the king. She bowed at his feet and asked him to overturn the evil plot of Haman and whatever evils he planned to do to the Jews. See the chapterDouay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version3 And not content with these things, she fell down at the king's feet and wept: and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked devices which he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect. See the chapterGood News Translation (US Version)3 Then Esther spoke to the king again, throwing herself at his feet. She begged him to do something to stop the evil plot that Haman had made against the Jews. See the chapterWorld English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers3 She spoke yet again to the king, and fell at his feet, and implored him to undo Haman’s mischief and all that he had done against the Jews. See the chapterContemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition3 Once again, Esther went to speak to the king. This time she fell down at his feet and begged him to do something about the horrible things that Haman had planned for the Jews. See the chapter |