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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Esther had not told anyone of her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had directed her not to do so.

Context of Esther 2:10

8When the king’s order and edict had been proclaimed, many young women were brought to the citadel of Susa and put under the care of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the king’s palace and entrusted to Hegai, who had charge of the harem. 9She pleased him and won his favor. Immediately he provided her with her beauty treatments and special food. He assigned to her seven female attendants selected from the king’s palace and moved her and her attendants into the best place in the harem. Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so. 11Every day he walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her. 12Before a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics.

Esther 2:10 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• had not shewedנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• her peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• nor her kindredמוֹלֶ֫דֶתmôledeth · relativesH4138
• for Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782
• had chargedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680

Cross-references for Esther 2:10

• Esther 3:8Then Haman said to King Xerxes, “There is a certain people dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom who keep themselves separate. Their customs are different from those of all other people, and they do not obey the king’s laws; it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
• Esther 4:13he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape.
• Esther 7:4For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.”
• Matthew 10:16“I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
• Esther 2:7Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This young woman, who was also known as Esther, had a lovely figure and was beautiful. Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died.
• Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

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