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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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
World English Bible (WEB)
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Strong's King James
In each and every provincial location where the word and law of the king came, there was great mourning from the Y'hudim, with fasting, weeping and wailing. And many laid a bed of sackcloth and ashes.
The F.O.G
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.
Young's Literal Translation
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