Esther 2:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Esther had still not revealed her family background or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed her. She continued to follow Mordecai’s instructions as she had when he was raising her.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    ther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for ther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Esther had not yet revealed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther obeyed the commandment of Mordecai, just as when she was brought up with him.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Esther had not yet made known 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.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And as yet had not Hester shewed hir kynred and hir people, acordinge as Mardocheus had bydden her: for Hester dyd after the worde of Mardocheus, like as whan he was hir tutoure.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Ester had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people, as Mordecai had charged her: for Ester did after the worde of Mordecai, as when she was nourished with him.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And as yet had not Esther shewed her kinred & her people, according as Mardocheus had bidden her: for Esther dyd after the worde of Mardocheus, like as if she had ben yet vnder his gouernaunce.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Esther is not declaring her kindred and her people, as Mordecai hath laid a charge upon her, and the saying of Mordecai Esther is doing as when she was truly with him.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Esther had not yet made known 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.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Esther had not yet made known 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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Esther had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders; for Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Esther had not yet made known her relatives nor her people, as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai, like she did when she was brought up by him.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Esther was still not divulging her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed her. Esther continued to do whatever Mordecai said, just as she had done when he was raising her.

Referenced Verses

  • Esth 2:10 : 10 Esther had not revealed her people or her family background because Mordecai had commanded her not to do so.
  • Eph 6:1-3 : 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 so that it may go well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.
  • Esth 2:7 : 7 Mordecai was the guardian of Hadassah, also known as Esther, the daughter of his uncle, because she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was beautiful in form and appearance. When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her in as his own daughter.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Esth 2:5-12
    8 verses
    92%

    5Now there was a Jewish man in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite.

    6He had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the exiles who were deported with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile.

    7Mordecai was the guardian of Hadassah, also known as Esther, the daughter of his uncle, because she had neither father nor mother. The young woman was beautiful in form and appearance. When her father and mother died, Mordecai took her in as his own daughter.

    8When the king’s command and decree were heard, and many young women were gathered to the citadel of Susa under the custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken to the king’s palace and placed under the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women.

    9The young woman pleased him and gained his favor. So he promptly provided her with beauty treatments and her portion of food, along with seven chosen young women from the king’s palace. He moved her and her attendants to the best place in the harem.

    10Esther had not revealed her people or her family background because Mordecai had commanded her not to do so.

    11Every day, Mordecai walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her.

    12When it was the turn of each young woman to go to King Ahasuerus, after completing twelve months of beauty treatments as prescribed—the six months with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and cosmetics for women—

  • Esth 4:7-15
    9 verses
    79%

    7Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasury for the destruction of the Jews.

    8He also gave him a copy of the text of the decree issued in Susa for their destruction, so that Hathach could show it to Esther and explain it to her, urging her to go to the king, plead for mercy, and intercede for her people.

    9Hathach returned and reported Mordecai’s message to Esther.

    10Then Esther instructed Hathach to respond to Mordecai.

    11‘All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that for anyone—man or woman—who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned, there is one law: they are to be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter, allowing them to live. But I have not been summoned to come to the king for thirty days.’

    12When Mordecai was informed of what Esther said,

    13he sent back this reply to her: ‘Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.’

    14If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows? Perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.

    15Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

  • Esth 2:21-22
    2 verses
    79%

    21During those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, became angry and plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus.

    22When Mordecai learned about the plot, he informed Queen Esther, and she reported it to the king, giving credit to Mordecai.

  • Esth 4:17
    78%

    17So Mordecai went away and did everything Esther had instructed him to do.

  • Esth 2:18-19
    2 verses
    78%

    18Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He also declared a holiday for the provinces and distributed gifts with royal generosity.

    19When the virgins were gathered a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.

  • Esth 4:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4When Esther’s attendants and eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear so he could remove his sackcloth, but he refused them.

    5Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.

  • Esth 2:14-16
    3 verses
    77%

    14She would go in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not go to the king again unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.

    15When it was Esther’s turn—the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai who had adopted her as his own daughter—to go to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai, the king’s eunuch in charge of the women, recommended. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her.

    16Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus in the royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.

  • Esth 8:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1On that day, King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the king’s presence because Esther had revealed how he was related to her.

    2The king removed his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over Haman’s estate.

    3Esther spoke again to the king, falling at his feet, weeping, and pleading with him to nullify the evil plan of Haman the Agagite and the scheme he had devised against the Jews.

    4The king extended the golden scepter to Esther, so she arose and stood before the king.

  • Esth 9:29
    73%

    29Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.

  • Esth 3:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2All the king's servants who were at the king's gate would bow down and pay homage to Haman, for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai would not bow or pay homage.

    3Then the king's servants who were at the gate asked Mordecai, "Why do you transgress the king's command?"

    4Day after day they spoke to him, but he refused to listen to them. So they reported the matter to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would stand, since he had told them that he was a Jew.

  • Esth 9:31-32
    2 verses
    72%

    31to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed for them, and as they had established for themselves and their descendants regarding matters of fasting and lamentation.

    32And the command of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book.

  • Esth 6:14
    71%

    14While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had prepared.

  • Esth 6:2
    70%

    2It was found written what Mordecai had reported about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

  • Esth 8:7
    70%

    7King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.'

  • Esth 6:10
    70%

    10Then the king said to Haman, "Go quickly and take the robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have said."

  • Esth 1:15
    70%

    15The king asked, 'According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti for not obeying the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed through the eunuchs?'

  • Esth 5:1
    69%

    1On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner courtyard of the king’s palace, facing the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, directly across from the entrance.

  • Esth 9:20
    69%

    20Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,

  • Esth 10:2
    69%

    2All his powerful acts, his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

  • Esth 2:1
    69%

    1After these events, when King Ahasuerus’s anger had subsided, he remembered Vashti, what she had done, and what had been decreed against her.

  • Esth 7:8
    69%

    8When the king returned from the palace garden to the house of the wine banquet, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. The king exclaimed, "Will he even assault the queen in my own house?" As the words left the king’s mouth, Haman’s face was covered.

  • Esth 5:12
    69%

    12And Haman said, "What’s more, Queen Esther invited no one but me to accompany the king to the banquet she prepared. And I am invited again to dine with her and the king tomorrow."

  • Esth 9:26
    69%

    26That is why these days were called Purim, from the word pur. Therefore, because of everything written in this letter, and because of what they had witnessed and what had happened to them,

  • Esth 6:12
    69%

    12Afterward, Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered in shame.