Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Esther had not said what family or people she came from, for Mordecai had given her orders not to do so.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
Holman Bible
Esther did not reveal her ethnic background or her birthplace, because Mordecai had ordered her not to.
International Standard Version
Esther did not make known her people or heritage because Mordecai had instructed her not to make it known.
A Conservative Version
Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred, for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
American Standard Version
Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
Amplified
Esther did not reveal [the Jewish background of] her people or her family, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
Darby Translation
Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
Julia Smith Translation
Esther announced not her people and her birth: for Mordecai commanded to her that she shall not announce.
King James 2000
Esther had not revealed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Esther did not disclose her people and her family because Modecai had charged her that she must not tell.
Modern King James verseion
Esther had not revealed her people nor her kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her that she should not show it.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But Esther showed not her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her, that she should not tell it.
NET Bible
Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
New Heart English Bible
Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.
The Emphasized Bible
Esther had not told of her people, nor of her kindred, - for, Mordecai, had laid charge upon her, that she should not tell.
Webster
Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.
World English Bible
Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.
Youngs Literal Translation
Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare it;
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 2:10
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Verse Info
Context Readings
Esther Is Chosen Queen
9 And he was pleased with the girl and was kind to her; and he quickly gave her what was needed for making her clean, and the things which were hers by right, and seven servant-girls who were to be hers from the king's house: and he had her and her servant-girls moved to the best place in the women's part of the house. 10 Esther had not said what family or people she came from, for Mordecai had given her orders not to do so. 11 And every day Mordecai took his walk before the square of the women's house, to see how Esther was and what would be done to her.
Cross References
Esther 2:20
Esther had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders; for Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.
Esther 2:7
And he had been a father to Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother, and she was very beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter.
Esther 3:8
And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.
Esther 4:13-14
Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews.
Esther 7:4
For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.
Matthew 10:16
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
Ephesians 6:1
Children, do what is ordered by your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for this is right.