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


In Context

8 And it came to pass when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the fortress, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was brought into the king's house, unto the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.

9 And the maiden pleased him, and obtained favour before him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, and her portions, and the seven maidens selected to be given her, out of the king's house; and he removed her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women.

10 Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; 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 should become of her.

12 And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,

13 and thus came the maiden in unto the king), whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king's house.

Esther 2:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:11Every day he walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And he walked every day before the court of the house, in which the chosen virgins werre kept, having a care for Esther's welfare, and desiring to know what would befall her.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women's house, to find out how Esther did, and what would become of her.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:11and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.