Esther 4:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² he went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² and came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² 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)

² and he came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

Common English Bible

² 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

² And the servants of the king, and his ministers, said, "Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,

Esther 4:2 Cross References

Genesis 50:4

And when the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

Esther 4:1

When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai rent his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, wailing with a loud and bitter cry;

Esther 4:3

And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and most of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Luke 7:25

What then did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously appareled and live in luxury are in kings' courts.