Esther 4:2 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

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

KJV:

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.

BBE:

And he came even before the king's doorway; for no one might come inside the king's door clothed in haircloth.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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.

Esther 4:2 Cross References

XREF:

Esther 4:1 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.

Esther 4:3 In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:2 And came even before the king's {a} gate: for none [might] enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
(a) Because he would inform Esther of this cruel proclamation.

WES:

4:2 Sackcloth - Lest it should give the king any occasion of grief and trouble. But what availed, to keep out the badges of sorrow unless they could have kept out the causes of sorrow too? To forbid sackcloth to enter unless they could likewise forbid sickness, and trouble, and death?

MHC:

4:1-4 Mordecai avowed his relation to the Jews. Public calamities, that oppress the church of God, should affect our hearts more than any private affliction, and it is peculiarly distressing to occasion sufferings to others. God will keep those that are exposed to evil by the tenderness of their consciences.

CONC:

Allowed Clothed Door Doorway Enter Entrance Front Gate Haircloth Inside King's None Sackcloth Sackcloth-garment Within

Allowed Clothed Door Doorway Enter Entrance Far Front Gate Inside King's Sackcloth Within

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