Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Esther had not revealed her people nor her kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her that she should not show it.
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.
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 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 young woman pleased him, and she received kindness from him. And he quickly gave to her purifiers and her portion. And seven young women who were fit to be given her, out of the king's house. And he moved her and her servant women to the best place in the house of the women. 10 Esther had not revealed her people nor her kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her that she should not show it. 11 And Mordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women's house in order to know how Esther did and what was to become of her.
Cross References
Esther 2:20
Esther had not yet revealed her kindred nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her. For Esther obeyed the command of Mordecai as she did when she was brought up with him.
Esther 2:7
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter. For she had neither father nor mother, and the young woman was fair and beautiful, whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
Esther 3:8
And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people, in all the provinces of your kingdom. And their laws are different from all people, neither do they keep the king's laws. And it is not for the king's gain to allow them to live.
Esther 4:13-14
And Mordecai commanded them to answer Esther, Do not think within yourself that you shall escape in the king's house more than all the Jews.
Esther 7:4
For we are sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to perish. But if we had been sold for men-slaves and women-slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could not make up for the king's damage.
Matthew 10:16
Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore be as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves.
Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.