Esther 4:2
And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
Esther 4:2 in other translations
| BSB | But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate. |
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| WEB | He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside 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. |
| 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. |
| DARBY | and came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into 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. |
| Webster | And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. |
What does Esther 4:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Esther 4:1-2
Es 4:1-14. Mordecai and the Jews Mourn. 1-2. When Mordecai perceived all that was done--Relying on the irrevocable nature of a Persian monarch's decree (Da 6:15), Hamman made it known as soon as the royal sanction had been obtained; and Mordecai was, doubtless, among the first to hear of it. On his own account, as well as on that of his countrymen, this astounding decree must have been indescribably distressing. The…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 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.
Esther 4:2 in the original Hebrew
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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;
- Esther 4:2
And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
- 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.
Esther 4:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vino hasta delante de la puerta del rey: porque no era lícito pasar adentro de la puerta del rey con vestido de saco. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il vint jusque devant la porte du roi, car il n’était pas permis d’entrer, vêtu d’un sac, dans la porte du roi. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und er kam bis vor das Tor des Königs; denn zum Tore des Königs durfte man nicht in einem Sackkleide eingehen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et hoc ejulatu usque ad fores palatii gradiens. Non enim erat licitum indutum sacco aulam regis intrare. |