Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
Esther announced not her people and her birth: for Mordecai commanded to her that she shall not announce.
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.
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.
Darby Translation
Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
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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Prayers for Esther 2:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
Esther Is Chosen Queen
9 And the maiden will be good in his eyes, and she will receive mercy before him; and he will hasten her purifications, and to give her portion to her, and to give to her seven chosen maidens from the house of the king: and he will change her and her maidens for good to the house of the women. 10 Esther announced not her people and her birth: for Mordecai commanded to her that she shall not announce. 11 And in every day and day, Mordecai going about before the enclosure of the house of the women, to know the peace of Esther, and what will be done with her.
Cross References
Esther 2:20
And Esther not announcing her kindred and her people, as Mordecai commanded to her: and Esther did the saying of Mordecai as when she was in bringing up with him.
Esther 2:7
And he will be nourishing Hadassah (this is Esther) his uncle's daughter: for not to her, father and mother, and the maiden beautiful of form and good of aspect; and in the death of her father and her mother; Mordecai took her to him for a daughter.
Esther 3:8
And Haman will say to king Ahasuerus, There is one people scattered and dispersed between the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws different from all people; they not doing the laws of the king: and it not being suitable to the king to suffer them.
Esther 4:13-14
And Mordecai will tell to turn back to Esther, Thou wilt not imagine in thy soul to escape in the house of the king more than all the Jews.
Esther 7:4
For we were sold, I and my people, to cut off, to kill and to destroy. And if for servants and for maids we were sold, I was silent, but the enemy made not even for the loss of the king.
Matthew 10:16
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore discerning as serpents, and pure as doves.
Ephesians 6:1
Children, listen to your parents in the Lord: for this is just.