KJV:
And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
NASB:
He went as far as the king's gate, for no one was to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.
KJV:
So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
NASB:
So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city square in front of the king's gate.
KJV:
Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
NASB:
Then Haman went out that day glad and pleased of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate and that he did not stand up or tremble before him, Haman was filled with anger against Mordecai.
KJV:
Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
NASB:
"Yet all of this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate."
KJV:
Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
NASB:
Then the king said to Haman, "Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king's gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have said."
KJV:
And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.
NASB:
Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried home, mourning, with his head covered.
KJV:
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
NASB:
"His sons are far from safety, They are even oppressed in the gate, And there is no deliverer.
KJV:
When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!
NASB:
"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square,