2But he went only as far as the king's gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it.
2But he went only as far as the king's gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it.
1 When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
2 But he went only as far as the king's gate, because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it.
3 In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 When Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, she was in great distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
4:2And came even before the king’s gate: for none [might] enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
4:2And 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.
4:2and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
4:2and came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
4:2and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
4:2And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
4:2He came even before the king's gate, for no one is allowed inside the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
4:2and 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.
4:2And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.