And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
WEB
When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
YLT
And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king;
DBT
And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai sat in 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