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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Esther 2:10 Catholic Bible: Now, on the advice of Mordecai, Esther had kept it secret that she was Jewish. </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/esther/2-10.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/esther/2-10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/esther/2-10.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/esther/1.htm">Esther</a> > <a href="/gntd/esther/2.htm">Chapter 2</a> > Verse 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../esther/2-9.htm" title="Esther 2:9">◄</a> Esther 2:10 <a href="../esther/2-11.htm" title="Esther 2:11">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/esther/2.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/esther/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Now, on the advice of Mordecai, Esther had kept it secret that she was Jewish. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/esther/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal her people or kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/esther/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Mordecai had warned Esther not to tell anyone that she was a Jew, and she obeyed him. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/esther/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Esther did not reveal her nationality or family, for Mordecai had commanded her not to do so.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/esther/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:</p><p class="hdg">had not shewed.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../esther/3-8.htm">Esther 3:8</a> And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../esther/4-13.htm">Esther 4:13,14</a> He sent word to Esther again, saying: Think not that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou art in the king's house, more than all the Jews: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../esther/7-4.htm">Esther 7:4</a> For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/10-16.htm">Matthew 10:16</a> Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.</p><p class="hdg">for Mordecai.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../esther/2-7.htm">Esther 2:7,20</a> And he had brought up his brother's daughter Edissa, who by another name was called Esther: now she had lost both her parents: and was exceeding fair and beautiful. And her father and mother being dead, Mardochai adopted her for his daughter. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../ephesians/6-1.htm">Ephesians 6:1</a> Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is just.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/esther/2.htm">Esther Finds Favor</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>And she pleased him, and found favour in his sight. And he commanded the eunuch to hasten the women's ornaments, and to deliver to her her part, and seven of the most beautiful maidens of the king's house, and to adorn and deck out both her and her waiting maids. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl">And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:</span><span class="reftext">11</span>And he walked every day before the court of the house, in which the chosen virgins were kept, having a care for Esther's welfare, and desiring to know what would befall her.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../esther/2-11.htm">Esther 2:11</a></span><br />And he walked every day before the court of the house, in which the chosen virgins were kept, having a care for Esther's welfare, and desiring to know what would befall her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../esther/2-20.htm">Esther 2:20</a></span><br />Neither had Esther as yet declared her country and people, according to his commandment. For whatsoever he commanded, Esther observed: and she did all things in the same manner as she was wont at that time when he brought her up a little one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Background</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/7-21.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/esther/2-8.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-19.htm">Charged</a> <a href="/nehemiah/2-18.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/esther/2-8.htm">Esther</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-23.htm">Family</a> <a href="/esther/1-8.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-28.htm">Kindred</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-5.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/esther/2-7.htm">Mordecai</a> <a href="/esther/2-7.htm">Mor'decai</a> <a href="/esther/3-14.htm">Nationality</a> <a href="/esther/1-15.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/22-8.htm">Relatives</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/17-25.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/esther/1-11.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/esther/1-4.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/esther/1-17.htm">Show</a> <a href="/esther/1-4.htm">Showed</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Background</a> <a href="/job/3-1.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Charged</a> <a href="/esther/4-8.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/esther/2-11.htm">Esther</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Family</a> <a href="/esther/4-10.htm">Instructed</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Kindred</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Laid</a> <a href="/esther/2-11.htm">Mordecai</a> <a href="/esther/2-11.htm">Mor'decai</a> <a href="/esther/3-14.htm">Nationality</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Relatives</a> <a href="/esther/3-14.htm">Revealed</a> <a href="/esther/4-8.htm">Shew</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Shewed</a> <a href="/esther/4-8.htm">Show</a> <a href="/esther/2-20.htm">Showed</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/esther/2-10.htm">Esther 2:10 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and background because did do Esther family for forbidden had her instructed kindred known make Mordecai nationality not or people revealed she should so that them to<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/esther/2-10.htm">OT History: Esther 2:10 Esther had not made known her people (Est Esth. 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