Esther 2:20
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Esther 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.
In other translations
Esther 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.
Hebrew words
אֵין'einnotH369אֶסְתֵּר'esterEstherH635מַגֶּדֶתmagedet[was] tellingH5046מוֹלַדְתָּהּmoladtahkindred herH4138וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853עַמָּהּ'amahpeople herH5971כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834צִוָּהtzivahhe had commandedH6680עָלֶיהָ'aleihato herH5921מָרְדֳּכָיmaredokhaiMordecaiH4782וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853מַאֲמַרma'amar[the] command ofH3982מָרְדֳּכַיmaredokhaiMordecaiH4782אֶסְתֵּר'esterEstherH635עֹשָׂה'osah[was] doingH6213כַּאֲשֶׁרka'asherjust asH834הָיְתָהhayetahshe had doneH1961בְאָמְנָהve'amenahin guardianshipH545אִתּוֹ׃ ס'itowith himH854
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Related verses
- Ephesians 6:1-31 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”
- Esther 2:10Esther 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.
- 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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