Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
WEB
Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.
YLT
Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare it ;
DBT
Esther had not made known her people nor her birth; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEsther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.
- Author
- Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
- Date
- Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC