American Standard Version
"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
“And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.”
“He came even before the king's gate, for no one is allowed inside the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.”
“But he went no further than the king’s gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth.”
“And 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.”
“And he came even before the king's doorway; for no one might come inside the king's door clothed in haircloth.”
“And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.”
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;
and he came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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.
And Esther’s maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him; but he received it not.
Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.