6So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate.
6So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate.
3 In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 When Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, she was in great distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
5 Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.
6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate.
7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.
8 He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to urge her to go into the king's presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people.
4:6So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which [was] before the king’s gate.
4:6And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the street of the city, before the palace gate:
4:6So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.
4:6And Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the public place of the city which was before the king's gate.
4:6So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.
4:6So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, to the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
4:6So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to city square which was before the king's gate.
4:6And Hatach goeth out unto Mordecai, unto a broad place of the city, that is before the gate of the king,
4:6So Hatach went forth to Mordecai to the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.