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.


In Context

8 And it cometh to pass, in the word of the king, even his law, being heard, and in many young women being gathered unto Shushan the palace, unto the hand of Hegai, that Esther is taken unto the house of the king, unto the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women,

9 and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions — to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided — to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good place in the house of the women.

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

11 and 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.

12 And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her — according to the law of the women — twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women,

13 and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king;

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 Darby 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 should 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 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.