10Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.


In Context

7 And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

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 taken into 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 her portions, and the seven maidens who were meet to be given her out of the king's house: and he removed her and her maidens to the best place of the house of the women.

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

11 And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

12 Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit , six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),

Esther 2:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:10Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew [it. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:10Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:10And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:10Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:10Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:10Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:10Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:10Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare it;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:10Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.