Esther 4:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

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.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And the servants of the king, and his ministers, said, "Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,

English Standard Version 2016

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.

Esther 4:2 Cross References

Genesis 50:4

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

Esther 4:1

Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry:

Esther 4:3

And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 7:25

But what went ye out to see? a man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.