Esther 2:10

Esther 2:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
• New International Version (NIV)Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Esther had not revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it.

Context of Esther 2:10

8And it came to pass when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the fortress, unto the custody of Hegai, that Esther also was brought into the king's house, unto the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. 9And the maiden pleased him, and obtained favour before him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, and her portions, and the seven maidens selected to be given her, out of the king's house; and he removed her and her maids to the best [place] of the house of the women. Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known. 11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. 12And when every maiden's turn came to go in to king Ahasuerus after that she had been treated for twelve months, according to the manner of the women (for so were the days of their purification accomplished — six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with things for the purifying of the women,

Esther 2:10 word by word

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

• Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• birthמוֹלֶ֫דֶתmôledeth · relativesH4138
• Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782

Cross-references for Esther 2:10

• Esther 3:8And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
• Esther 4:13And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
• Esther 7:4for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the adversary could not compensate the king's damage.
• Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore prudent as the serpents, and guileless as the doves.
• Esther 2:7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter; for she had neither father nor mother — and the maiden was fair and beautiful — and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in [the] Lord, for this is just.

Commentaries on Esther 2:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Esther had not showed her people - This might have prejudiced her with the king; for it was certainly no credit at the Persian court to be a Jew; and we shall find from the sequel that those who were in the Persian dominions were far from being reputable, or in a safe state. Besides, had her lineage been known, envy might have prevented her from ever having access to the king.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10The Persians had no special contempt for the Jews; but, of course, they despised more or less all the subject races. Esther, with her Aryan name, may have passed for a native Persian.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Mordecai had likely faced some prejudice against Jews. Esther's Jewish heritage would later help her reveal Haman's terrible plan.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-201-3. After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased--On recovering from the violent excitement of his revelry and rage, the king was pierced with poignant regret for the unmerited treatment he had given to his beautiful and dignified queen. But, according to the law, which made the word of a Persian king irrevocable, she could not be restored. His counsellors, for their own sake, were solicitous to remove his disquietude, and hastened…Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Esther
• Mordecai
• Esther, Book of
• Kindred

Commentaries on Esther 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings