Esther 2:10
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Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
In other translations
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
Hebrew words
לֹא־lo'-notH3808הִגִּידָהhigidahshe had toldH5046אֶסְתֵּר'esterEstherH635אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עַמָּהּ'amahpeople herH5971וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853מוֹלַדְתָּהּmoladtahkindred herH4138כִּיkiforH3588מָרְדֳּכַיmaredokhaiMordecaiH4782צִוָּהtzivahhe had commandedH6680עָלֶיהָ'aleihato herH5921אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808תַגִּיד׃tagidshe will tellH5046
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Related verses
- Esther 2:20Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.Esther 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 send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
- Esther 3:8And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them.Then 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 laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
- Ephesians 6:1Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
- Esther 4:13-1413 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews. 14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?13 he 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. 14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
- 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 enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.For 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 the king.”
- Esther 2:7And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.And 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 died, Mordecai had taken her in as his own daughter.
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