So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsSo Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
And Hatach goeth out unto Mordecai, unto a broad place of the city, that is before the gate of the king,
And Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the public place of the city which was before the king's gate.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEsther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.
- Author
- Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
- Date
- Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC