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Esther Chapter 4 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Esther 4:2

and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
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BBE Esther 4:2

And he came even before the king's doorway; for no one might come inside the king's door clothed in haircloth.
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DARBY Esther 4:2

and came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
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KJV Esther 4:2

And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
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WBT Esther 4:2

And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
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WEB Esther 4:2

and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
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YLT Esther 4:2

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.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - And came even before the king's gate. After some aimless wandering Mordecai as returned toward the palace, either his proper place, or with some incipient notion of obtaining Esther's help. He was not allowed, however, to pass the outer gate on account of his garb of woe, and he remained outside (see ver. 6).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) None might enter . . .--That nothing sad or ill-omened might meet the monarch's gaze, as though by shutting his eyes, as it were, to the presence of sorrow, or sickness, or death, he might suppose that he was successfully evading them.