Esther 2:10 “Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had…”

Esther 2:10

Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

World English Bible

Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.

American Standard Version

Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

Geneva Bible 1599

But Ester shewed not her people and her kinred: for Mordecai had charged her, that shee should not tell it.

Darby Translation

Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

Young's Literal Translation

Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare [it];

Bible in Basic English

Esther had not said what family or people she came from, for Mordecai had given her orders not to do so.

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Cross references

“had not shewed”

Matthew 10:16 Esther 3:8 Esther 7:4 Esther 4:13 Esther 4:14

Matthew 10:16 · BSB

Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.

Esther 3:8 · BSB

Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws…

Esther 7:4 · BSB

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening t…

Esther 4:13 · BSB

he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.

Esther 4:14 · BSB

For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time…

“for Mordecai”

Esther 2:20 Ephesians 6:1 Esther 2:7

Esther 2:20 · BSB

Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.

Ephesians 6:1 · BSB

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Esther 2:7 · BSB

And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had died,…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.

11And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

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