Esther 4:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEsther 4:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וּבְכָל
kôl
H3605
all
מְדִינָ֣ה
mᵉdîynâh
H4082
province
וּמְדִינָ֗ה
mᵉdîynâh
H4082
province
מְקוֹם֙
mâqôwm
H4725
place
אֲשֶׁ֨ר
ʼăsher
H834
which
דְּבַר
dâbâr
H1697
word
הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
וְדָתוֹ֙
dâth
H1881
decree
מַגִּ֔יעַ
nâgaʻ
H5060
to touch
אֵ֤בֶל
ʼêbel
H60
mourning
גָּדוֹל֙
gâdôwl
H1419
great
לַיְּהוּדִ֔ים
Yᵉhûwdîy
H3064
Jew
וְצ֥וֹם
tsôwm
H6685
fast
וּבְכִ֖י
Bᵉkîy
H1065
weeping
וּמִסְפֵּ֑ד
miçpêd
H4553
wailing
שַׂ֣ק
saq
H8242
sackcloth
וָאֵ֔פֶר
ʼêpher
H665
ashes
יֻצַּ֖ע
yatsaʻ
H3331
to spread out
לָֽרַבִּֽים
rab
H7227
many
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World English Bible Public Domain
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.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And in every province by province, any place where the decree of the king and his law reached, there was great mourning by the Jews, and fasting and weeping and lamenting; sackcloth and ashes were laid out by the multitudes.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).