Esther - 4:6

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6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to city square which was before the king's gate.

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Differing Translations

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So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.
And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the street of the city, before the palace gate:
And Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the public place of the city which was before the king's gate.
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, to the street of the city, which was before 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,
So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

So Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the street of the city,.... Where he was, in a public manner, expressing his grief and sorrow:
which was before the king's gate: that led to the royal palace.

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