Job 4:3

Nova Vulgata

In omnibus quoque provinciis, quocumque edictum et dogma regis pervenerat, planctus ingens erat apud Iudaeos, ieiunium, ululatus et fletus, sacco et cinere multis pro strato utentibus.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Sed et Tobias Ammanites proximus ejus, ait : Ædificent : si ascenderit vulpes, transiliet murum eorum lapideum.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
In omnibus quoque provinciis, oppidis, ac locis, ad quæ crudele regis dogma pervenerat, planctus ingens erat apud Judæos, jejunium, ululatus, et fletus, sacco et cinere multis pro strato utentibus.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

in every province: Esther 1:1, Esther 3:12

great mourning: It cannot reasonably be doubted, that the mournings, fastings, and weepings of the Jews were attended by constant prayers and supplications; though all mention of them, and of the glorious God whom they worshipped, seems to have been studiously avoided. 1 Samuel 4:13, 1 Samuel 4:14, 1 Samuel 11:4, Isaiah 22:4, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 37:1-3

weeping: Matthew 13:42, Matthew 22:13, Matthew 25:30

many lay in sackcloth and ashes: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many, Isaiah 58:5, Daniel 9:3

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 9:1 - children Esther 4:1 - with ashes Esther 4:6 - the king's Esther 9:31 - the fastings

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And in every province whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came,.... For destroying the Jews on such a day, in every place where they were to be found:

there was great mourning among the Jews, and weeping, and wailing; which continued all day:

and many lay in sackcloth and ashes: all night; made use of no other bed to lie on, nor clothes to cover them with.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 4:3. Fasting, and weeping, and wailing — How astonishing, that in all this there is not the slightest intimation given of praying to God!