Esther 4:2
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English Standard Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
He went as far as the king's gate, for no one was to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He only went as far as the King's Gate, since the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering the King's Gate.

International Standard Version
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.

NET Bible
But he went no further than the king's gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He even went right up to the king's gate. (No one could enter it wearing sackcloth.)

King James 2000 Bible
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

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

American Standard Version
and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

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.

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

English Revised Version
and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

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

World English Bible
He came even before the king's gate, for no one is allowed inside the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

Young's Literal Translation
and he cometh in unto the front of the gate of the king, but none is to come in unto the gate of the king with a sackcloth-garment.
Lexicon
And came
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
even before
paniym  (paw-neem')
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
the king's
melek  (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
gate
sha`ar  (shah'-ar)
an opening, i.e. door or gate -- city, door, gate, port (-er).
for none might enter
bow'  (bo)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
into the king's
melek  (meh'-lek)
a king -- king, royal.
gate
sha`ar  (shah'-ar)
an opening, i.e. door or gate -- city, door, gate, port (-er).
clothed
lbuwsh  (leb-oosh')
a garment; by implication (euphem.) a wife -- apparel, clothed with, clothing, garment, raiment, vestment, vesture.
with sackcloth
saq  (sak)
a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e. coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grain, etc.) -- sack(-cloth, -clothes).
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