Esther 4:2 — compare English translations
Compare translationsEsther 4:2 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַיָּב֕וֹא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
עַ֖ד
ʻad
H5704
until
לִפְנֵ֣י
pânîym
H6440
face
שַֽׁעַר
shaʻar
H8179
gate
הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
כִּ֣י
kîy
H3588
that
אֵ֥ין
ʼayin
H369
nothing
לָב֛וֹא
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
שַׁ֥עַר
shaʻar
H8179
gate
הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ
melek
H4428
king
בִּלְב֥וּשׁ
lᵉbûwsh
H3830
clothing
שָֽׂק
saq
H8242
sackcloth
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
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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King James Version Public Domain
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
And he came only as far as before the face of the gate of the king because no one was to come into the gate of the king while wearing sackcloth.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).