Esther 2:10

In 11 translations

BSB

Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.

KJV

Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

WEB

Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known. But Esther didn’t reveal her family or her kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.

ASV

Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

LSV

Esther has not declared her people, and her family, for Mordecai has laid a charge on her that she does not declare [it];

YLT

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

DBY

Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

DRC

And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:

GNV

But Ester shewed not her people and her kinred: for Mordecai had charged her, that shee should not tell it.

JPS

Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not tell it.

LXXE

But Esther discovered not her family nor her kindred: for Mardochæus had charged her not to tell.

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WLC

לֹא־הִגִּ֣ידָה אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אֶת־עַמָּ֖הּ וְאֶת־מֽוֹלַדְתָּ֑הּ כִּ֧י מָרְדֳּכַ֛י צִוָּ֥ה עָלֶ֖יהָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תַגִּֽיד׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ οὐχ ὑπέδειξεν Ἐσθὴρ τὸ γένος αὐτῆς οὐδὲ τὴν πατρίδα· ὁ γὰρ Μαρδοχαῖος ἐνετείλατο αὐτῇ μὴ ἀπαγγεῖλαι.

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• Esther 2:20Esther still had not revealed her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed. She obeyed Mordecai’s command, as she had done under his care.
• Matthew 10:16Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
• Esther 3:8Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s…
• Esther 4:13–14he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews. For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will…
• Esther 7:4For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening…
• Esther 2:7And Mordecai had brought up Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, because she did not have a father or mother. The young woman was lovely in form and appearance, and when her father and mother had…

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