◄ Esther 4:2 ►
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Good News Translation
until he came to the entrance of the palace. He did not go in because no one wearing sackcloth was allowed inside.

New Revised Standard Version
he went up to the entrance of the king’s gate, for no one might enter the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

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

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Context
Mordecai Appeals to Esther
1Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind. 2And 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.3And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.…
Cross References
Esther 4:1
Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind.

Esther 4:3
And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.

Esther 4:1
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