KJV
ASV
2. and he came even before the kings gate: for none might enter within the kings gate clothed with sackcloth.
ESV
2. He went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.
ERVEN
2. But Mordecai went only as far as the king's gate. No one was allowed to enter the gate dressed in sackcloth.
NLT
2. He went as far as the gate of the palace, for no one was allowed to enter the palace gate while wearing clothes of mourning.
WEB
2. and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
NET
2. But he went no further than the king's gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.
NLV
2. He went as far as the king's gate, for no one was to go through the king's gate wearing cloth made from hair.
HCSB
2. He only went as far as the King's Gate, since [the law] prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering the King's Gate.
YLT
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.
LITV
2. And he came until he was before the king's gate; for there was no entering into the king's gate in clothing of sackcloth.
RV
2. and he came even before the king-s gate: for none might enter within the king-s gate clothed with sackcloth.
NCV
2. But Mordecai went only as far as the king's gate, because no one was allowed to enter that gate dressed in rough cloth.
MKJV
2. And he even came before the king's gate for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
AKJV
2. And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
LXXEN
2. And he came to the king’s gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace, wearing sackcloth and ashes.
KJV
2. And came even before the king’s gate: for none [might] enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
AMP
2. He came and stood before the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
KJVP
2. And came H935 W-VQY3MS even H5704 PREP before H6440 L-CMP the king H4428 D-NMS \'s gate H8179 : for H3588 CONJ none H369 NPAR [ might ] enter H935 L-VQFC into H413 PREP the king H4428 D-NMS \'s gate H8179 NMS clothed H3830 with sackcloth H8242 .
YLT
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.
ASV
2. and he came even before the kings gate: for none might enter within the kings gate clothed with sackcloth.
WEB
2. and he came even before the king's gate: for none might enter within the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
NASB
2. till he came before the royal gate, which no one clothed in sackcloth might enter.
ESV
2. He went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.
RV
2. and he came even before the king-s gate: for none might enter within the king-s gate clothed with sackcloth.
RSV
2. he went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
NKJV
2. He went as far as the front of the king's gate, for no one [might] enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
MKJV
2. And he even came before the king's gate for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
AKJV
2. And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
NRSV
2. he went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
NIV
2. But he went only as far as the king's gate, because no-one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it.
NIRV
2. But he only went as far as the palace gate. That's because no one who was dressed in black clothes was allowed to go through it.
NLT
2. He went as far as the gate of the palace, for no one was allowed to enter the palace gate while wearing clothes of mourning.
MSG
2. He came only as far as the King's Gate, for no one dressed in sackcloth was allowed to enter the King's Gate.
GNB
2. until he came to the entrance of the palace. He did not go in because no one wearing sackcloth was allowed inside.
NET
2. But he went no further than the king's gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.
ERVEN
2. But Mordecai went only as far as the king's gate. No one was allowed to enter the gate dressed in sackcloth.