Esther 2:11
Esther chapter 2 · verse 11 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.
Context
v.10Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
v.11This passage
v.12Now when the turn of every maiden was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and with the things for the purifying of the women),
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 2:13
then in this wise came the maiden unto the king: Whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.
- Genesis 37:14
And he said to him, Go now, see whether it is well with thy brethren, and well with the flock; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
- 1 Samuel 17:18
and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
- Acts 15:36
And after some days Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us return now and visit the brethren in every city wherein we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they fare.