Esther 4:2
“And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.”
King James Version (KJV)
🌐 Esther 4:2 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
and he came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und er kam bis vor das Tor des Königs; denn zum Tore des Königs durfte man nicht in einem Sackkleide eingehen.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y vino hasta delante de la puerta del rey: porque no era lícito pasar adentro de la puerta del rey con vestido de saco.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E chegou até diante da porta do rei, porque ninguém vestido de saco podia entrar pela porta do rei.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Ele foi até os portões do palácio do rei, porque ninguém poderia entrar vestido de panos de saco pelas portas.
📖 Esther 4:2 in Context
1When 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;
2And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
3And 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.
4So 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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