19When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.


In Context

16 So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

17 The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

18 Then the king made a great feast for all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he proclaimed a holiday in the provinces, and gave gifts according to the king's bounty.

19 When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.

20 Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him.

21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, who were doorkeepers, were angry, and sought to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus.

Esther 2:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:19When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And when the virgins were sought the second time, and gathered together, Mardochai stayed at the king's gate,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king's gate.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And when the virgins were assembled the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:19And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.