Verse (Click for Chapter) New Revised Standard Version She took off her splendid apparel and put on the garments of distress and mourning, and instead of costly perfumes she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she utterly humbled her body; every part that she loved to adorn she covered with her tangled hair. Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when she had laid away her royal apparel, she put on garments suitable for weeping and mourning: instead of divers precious ointments, she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body with fasts: and all the places in which before she was accustomed to rejoice, she filled with her torn hair. Esther 13:18And all Israel with like mind and supplication cried to the Lord, because they saw certain death hanging over their heads. Esther 14:1 Queen Esther also, fearing the danger that was at hand, had recourse to the Lord. Esther 14:3 And she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, saying: O my Lord, who alone art our king, help me a desolate woman, and who have no other helper but thee. Esther 14:4 My danger is in my hands. Context Esther 14…1Queen Esther also, fearing the danger that was at hand, had recourse to the Lord. 2And when she had laid away her royal apparel, she put on garments suitable for weeping and mourning: instead of divers precious ointments, she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body with fasts: and all the places in which before she was accustomed to rejoice, she filled with her torn hair. 3And she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, saying: O my Lord, who alone art our king, help me a desolate woman, and who have no other helper but thee.… Cross References Esther 13:18 And all Israel with like mind and supplication cried to the Lord, because they saw certain death hanging over their heads. Esther 14:1 Queen Esther also, fearing the danger that was at hand, had recourse to the Lord. Esther 14:3 And she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, saying: O my Lord, who alone art our king, help me a desolate woman, and who have no other helper but thee. Esther 14:4 My danger is in my hands. |