Esther 4:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.”
Esther 4:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Esther 4:2 in 6 Bible Translations
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Esther 4:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.”
Esther 4:2 — World English Bible
Esther 4:2 ASV — 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.”
Esther 4:2 — American Standard Version
Esther 4:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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 — Young's Literal Translation
Esther 4:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“and came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.”
Esther 4:2 — Darby Translation
Esther 4:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And he came euen before the Kings gate, but he might not enter within the Kings gate, being clothed with sackecloth.”
Esther 4:2 — Geneva Bible
Esther 4:2 in Context — Esther 4
1 When Mordecai perceived 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;
2 And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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.
4 So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
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What Does Esther 4:2 Mean?
Esther 4:2 is a verse from the Book of Esther, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Esther chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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