Esther 2:10
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.In other versions
Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
ASV
Esther had not said what family or people she came from, for Mordecai had given her orders not to do so.
BBE
Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
DBY
Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
WEB
Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare `it';
YLT
Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.
ENG
Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.
WBT
Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
BSB
In context
8So 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.
9And 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.
10Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
12Now 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;)
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Mordecai
- Esther