Esther 2:11

Esther 2:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
• New International Version (NIV)Every day he walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And every day Mordecai paced in front of the court of the women’s quarters, to learn of Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

Context of Esther 2:11

9And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. 10Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. 12Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) 13Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.

Esther 2:11 word by word

וּבְכָל־י֣וֹם וָי֔וֹם מָרְדֳּכַי֙ מִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְ לִפְנֵ֖י חֲצַ֣ר בֵּית־הַנָּשִׁ֑ים לָדַ֙עַת֙ אֶת־שְׁל֣וֹם אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וּמַה־יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• And Mordecaiמׇרְדֳּכַיmordekay · MordecaiH4782
• walkedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: walkH1980
• every dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• of the women’sאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: palaceH1004
• to knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• how Estherאֶסְתֵּר'estêr · EstherH635
• didשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: greetingH7965
• and what should becomeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Esther 2:11

• Esther 2:13Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.
• Genesis 37:14And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
• 1 Samuel 17:18And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
• Acts 15:36And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

Commentaries on Esther 2:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Mordecai occupied, apparently, a humble place in the royal household. He was probably one of the porters or doorkeepers at the main entrance to the palace Esther 2:21.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house--The harem is an inviolable sanctuary, and what is transacted within its walls is as much a secret to those without as if they were thousands of miles away. But hints were given him through the eunuchs.Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 2:11

• Chamberlain
• Marriage
• Women

In the dictionaries

• Esther
• Mordecai
• Esther, Hadassah
• Esther, Book of

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