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Esther 2:20

EstherMordecai
ObedienceParents and children

18 Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

19 When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

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.

21 In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

22 When Mordecai learned of the plot, he reported it to Queen Esther, and she informed the king on Mordecai’s behalf.

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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.
KJV
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.
WEB
Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him.
ASV
Esther had not yet made known 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.
DARBY
(Esther, as Mordecai had charged her, had not yet made known her birth nor her people; for Esther did what Mordecai told her, like as when she was brought up with him.)
BLB
Esther was not declaring her kindred and her people, as Mordecai had laid a charge on her, and the command of Mordecai Esther did as when she was in her being brought up by him.
ÅB
Men Ester hadde ikke sagt noe om sin slekt og sitt folk; for det hadde Mordekai pålagt henne, og Ester gjorde i alle ting som Mordekai sa, slik som hun hadde gjort da hun ble oppfostret hos ham.
OTB
Ester hadde ikke avslørt sin familiebakgrunn eller sitt folk, akkurat som Mordekai hadde instruert henne, for hun fortsatte å følge Mordekais instrukser slik hun hadde gjort da han oppfostret henne.
B1930
Men Ester hadde ikke sagt noget om sin ætt og sitt folk; for det hadde Mordekai pålagt henne, og Ester gjorde i alle ting som Mordekai sa, således som hun hadde gjort da hun blev opfostret hos ham.

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Cross references

  • Esther 2:10

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

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  • Ephesians 6:1–3

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

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  • Esther 2:7

    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, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.

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