Esther 2:10 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.”
Esther 2:10 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Esther 2:10 in 6 Bible Translations
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Esther 2:10 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.”
Esther 2:10 — World English Bible
Esther 2:10 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.”
Esther 2:10 — American Standard Version
Esther 2:10 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare <FI>it<Fi> ;”
Esther 2:10 — Young's Literal Translation
Esther 2:10 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.”
Esther 2:10 — Darby Translation
Esther 2:10 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But Ester shewed not her people and her kinred: for Mordecai had charged her, that shee should not tell it.”
Esther 2:10 — Geneva Bible
Esther 2:10 in Context — Esther 2
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.
10 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;)
What Does Esther 2:10 Mean?
Esther 2:10 is a verse from the Book of Esther, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Esther chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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