Esther 4:2 - Bible Gateway

Esther 4:2

KJ21

and came even before the king’s gate; for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

ASV

and he came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

AMP

He went [only] as far as the king’s gate, because no one was to enter the king’s gate dressed in sackcloth.

AMPC

He came and stood before the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

BRG

And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

CSB

He went only as far as the King’s Gate, since the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering the King’s Gate.

CEB

He went only as far as the King’s Gate because it was against the law for anyone to pass through it wearing mourning clothes.

CJB

He stopped before entering the King’s Gate, since no one was allowed to go inside the King’s Gate wearing sackcloth.

CEV

But he could go only as far as the palace gate, because no one wearing sackcloth was allowed inside the palace.

DARBY

and came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

DRA

And he came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the palace: for no one clothed with sackcloth might enter the king's court.

ERV

But Mordecai went only as far as the king’s gate. No one was allowed to enter the gate dressed in sackcloth.

EASY

Nobody who was wearing sackcloth could go into the yard of the palace. So Mordecai stopped at the king's gate.

EHV

He went right up to the king’s gate, even though no one clothed with sackcloth was allowed to enter it.

ESV

He went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.

ESVUK

He went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.

EXB

But Mordecai went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one was allowed to enter that gate dressed in ·rough cloth [burlap; sackcloth].

GNV

And he came even before the King’s gate, but he might not enter within the king’s gate, being clothed with sackcloth.

He even went right up to the king’s gate. (No one could enter it wearing sackcloth.)

GNT

until he came to the entrance of the palace. He did not go in because no one wearing sackcloth was allowed inside.

HCSB

He only went as far as the King’s Gate, since the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering the King’s Gate.

ICB

But Mordecai went only as far as the king’s gate. This was because no one was allowed to enter that gate dressed in rough cloth.

ISV

He came as far as the front of the king’s gate, because no one was allowed to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.

JUB

and came before the king’s gate; for no one was allowed to enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

KJV

And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

AKJV

and came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

LSB

And he went as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.

LEB

he went up to the entrance of the gate of the king, for he could not go to the gate of the king in sackcloth.

TLB

Then he stood outside the gate of the palace, for no one was permitted to enter in mourning clothes.

MSG

When Mordecai learned what had been done, he ripped his clothes to shreds and put on sackcloth and ashes. Then he went out in the streets of the city crying out in loud and bitter cries. He came only as far as the King’s Gate, for no one dressed in sackcloth was allowed to enter the King’s Gate. As the king’s order was posted in every province, there was loud lament among the Jews—fasting, weeping, wailing. And most of them stretched out on sackcloth and ashes.

MEV

He went as far as the king’s gate because no one was allowed to enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

NOG

He even went right up to the king’s gate. (No one could enter it wearing sackcloth.)

NABRE

till he came before the royal gate, which no one clothed in sackcloth might enter.

NASB

And he came as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.

NASB1995

He went as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.

NCB

But he came to a halt at the entrance to the king’s gate because no one wearing sackcloth was allowed to go in.

NCV

But Mordecai went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one was allowed to enter that gate dressed in rough cloth.

NET

But he went no farther than the king’s gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.

NIRV

But he only went as far as the palace gate. That’s because no one dressed in that rough clothing was allowed to go through it.

NIV

But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it.

NIVUK

But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it.

NKJV

He went as far as the front of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

NLV

He went as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to go through the king’s gate wearing cloth made from hair.

NLT

He went as far as the gate of the palace, for no one was allowed to enter the palace gate while wearing clothes of mourning.

NRSVA