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Esther 2:10
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KJ21
Esther had not shown her people nor her kindred, for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it.
ASV
Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
AMP
Esther did not reveal [the Jewish background of] her people or her family, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
AMPC
Esther had not made known her nationality or her kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to do so.
BRG
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
CSB
Esther did not reveal her ethnicity or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to make them known.
CSBA
Esther did not reveal her ethnicity or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to make them known.
CEB
( Esther hadn’t told anyone her race and family background because Mordecai had ordered her not to.)
CJB
Ester did not disclose her people or family ties, because Mordekhai had instructed her not to tell anyone.
CEV
Mordecai had warned Esther not to tell anyone that she was a Jew, and she obeyed him.
DARBY
Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
DRA
And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:
ERV
Esther didn’t tell anyone she was a Jew. She didn’t tell anyone about her family background, because Mordecai had told her not to.
EASY
Esther did not tell anyone that she was a Jew. That is what Mordecai had told her.
EHV
Esther had not revealed her nationality or her family background because Mordecai had told her not to do so.
ESV
Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known.
ESVUK
Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known.
EXB
Esther did not tell anyone about her ·family [people; nationality] or ·who her people were [her kindred/lineage], because Mordecai had ·told [instructed] her not to.
GNV
But Esther showed not her people and her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not tell it.
GW
Esther did not reveal her nationality or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to.
GNT
Now, on the advice of Mordecai, Esther had kept it secret that she was Jewish.
HCSB
Esther did not reveal her ethnic background or her birthplace, because Mordecai had ordered her not to.
ICB
Esther did not tell anyone about her family or who her people were. Mordecai had told her not to.
ISV
Esther did not make known her people or heritage because Mordecai had instructed her not to make it known.
JUB
Esther had not declared her people nor her birth, for Mordecai had charged her that she should not declare it.
KJV
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
AKJV
Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
LSB
Esther did not tell anyone about her people or her kinsmen, for Mordecai had commanded her that she should not tell anyone about them.
LEB
Esther did not disclose her people and her family because Modecai had charged her that she must not tell.
TLB
Esther hadn’t told anyone that she was a Jewess, for Mordecai had said not to.
MSG
Hegai liked Esther and took a special interest in her. Right off he started her beauty treatments, ordered special food, assigned her seven personal maids from the palace, and put her and her maids in the best rooms in the harem. Esther didn’t say anything about her family and racial background because Mordecai had told her not to.
MEV
Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage because Mordecai had charged her not to disclose it.
NOG
Esther did not reveal her nationality or her family background, because Mordecai had ordered her not to.
NABRE
Esther did not reveal her nationality or family, for Mordecai had commanded her not to do so.
NASB
Esther did not reveal her people or her kindred, because Mordecai had instructed her that she was not to reveal them.
NASB1995
Esther did not make known her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make them known.
NCB
Now on the counsel of Mordecai, Esther did not mention her nationality or family to anyone.
NCV
Esther did not tell anyone about her family or who her people were, because Mordecai had told her not to.
NET
Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
NIRV
Esther hadn’t told anyone who her people were. She hadn’t talked about her family. That’s because Mordecai had told her not to.
NIV
Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.
NIVUK
Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so.
NKJV
Esther had not revealed her people or family, for Mordecai had charged her not to reveal it.
NLV
Esther had not told who her people or her family were because Mordecai had told her to say nothing.
NLT
Esther had not told anyone of her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had directed her not to do so.
NRSVA
Esther did not reveal her people or kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.
NRSVACE
Esther did not reveal her people or kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.
NRSVCE
Esther did not reveal her people or kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.
NRSVUE
Esther did not reveal her people or kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.
OJB
Ester had not revealed her Am (People, i.e., the Jewish people) nor her moledet (kindred, i.e., her Jewishness), for Mordechai had charged her she should not show it.
RGT
But Esther did not reveal her people and her kindred. For Mordecai had told her that she should not tell it.
RSV
Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mor′decai had charged her not to make it known.
RSVCE
Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mor′decai had charged her not to make it known.
TLV
Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had commanded her not to make them known.
VOICE
Mordecai had instructed Esther to keep her Jewish heritage a secret, and so she told no one. Still her cousin worried about her.
WEB
Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.
WYC
And Esther would not show to Hegai her people, neither her country; for Mordecai had commanded her, that in all manner she should be still of this thing. (And Esther did not tell Hegai about her people, or her kindred; for Mordecai had commanded her, that she should not say anything about these matters/for Mordecai had commanded her, that she should hold her peace.)
YLT
Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare [it];
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