Esther 2:10
8 So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9 And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
12 Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
- KJV
- Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
- WEB
- Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.
- ASV
- Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
- DARBY
- Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
- BLB
- Esther had not declared her people and her kindred, for Mordecai had laid a charge on her that she should not declare [it].
- ÅB
- Ester hadde ikke sagt noe om sitt folk og sin slekt; for Mordekai hadde pålagt henne at hun ikke skulle si noe om det.
- OTB
- Ester hadde ikke avslørt sin nasjonalitet eller familiebakgrunn, fordi Mordekai hadde instruert henne om ikke å gjøre det.
- B1930
- Ester hadde ikke sagt noget om sitt folk og sin ætt; for Mordekai hadde pålagt henne at hun ikke skulde si noget om det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Esther 2:20
Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
Read in contextMatthew 10:16
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Read in contextEsther 3:8
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.
Read in contextEphesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Read in contextEsther 4:13–14
Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
Read in contextEsther 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
Read in contextEsther 2:7
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
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