Esther 2:20
Esther chapter 2 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Esther 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Esther 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Esther 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.
Context
v.19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate.
v.20This passage
v.21In those days, while Mordecai was sitting in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those that kept the threshold, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 2:10
Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.
- Ephesians 6:1
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
- Esther 2:7
And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.