Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G MessageWhen Mordecai learned everything that had been done, he tore his clothes and dressed himself in sackcloth and ashes, then went into the heart of the city, releasing a loud and bitter cry.
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.GWhen Mordekhai learned of all that had been done, he tore his garments and clothed himself in sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, crying out with a great and bitter cry.
KJV
King James VersionWhen Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
BSB
Berean Standard BibleWhen 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.
Footnotes
The verb *qara'* (to tear) is a standard mourning gesture, but the cry here — *ze'aqah gedolah u'marah* ('a great and bitter cry') — uses the same rare construction as Esau's anguished wail in Genesis 27:34, suggesting total desolation. The bitterness (*mar*) is not mere sadness but the visceral grief of catastrophic loss. FOG preserves the directness of the Hebrew sequence; FOG Message draws out the release quality of the cry — grief that can no longer be contained.
