Esther 2 · Verse 11

Esther 2:11

And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
Esther 2:11, King James Version

Esther 2:11 in other translations

BSBAnd every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.
WEBMordecai walked every day in front of the court of the women’s house, to find out how Esther was doing, and what would become of her.
ASVAnd Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.
YLTand during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.
DARBYAnd Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
BBEAnd every day Mordecai took his walk before the square of the women's house, to see how Esther was and what would be done to her.
WebsterAnd Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

What does Esther 2:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
11. Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house--The harem is an inviolable sanctuary, and what is transacted within its walls is as much a secret to those without as if they were thousands of miles away. But hints were given him through the eunuchs.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 2:1-20

We see to what absurd practices those came, who were destitute of Divine revelation, and what need there was of the gospel of Christ, to purify men from the lusts of the flesh, and to bring them back to the original institution of marriage. Esther was preferred as queen. Those who suggest that Esther committed sin to come at this dignity, do not consider the custom of those times and countries. Every one that the…

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Esther 2:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and on everyH3605
י֣וֹםYomdayH3117
וָי֔וֹםva.Yomand dayH3117
מָרְדֳּכַי֙ma.re.do.KhaiMordecaiH4782
מִתְהַלֵּ֔ךְmit.ha.Lekh[was] walking back and forthH1980
לִפְנֵ֖יlif.Neito front ofH6440
חֲצַ֣רcha.Tzar[the] court ofH2691
בֵּית\־beit-[the] house ofH1004
הַנָּשִׁ֑יםha.na.Shimthe womenH802
לָדַ֙עַת֙la.Da.'atto knowH3045
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׁל֣וֹםshe.Lom[the] welfare ofH7965
אֶסְתֵּ֔ר'es.TerEstherH635
וּמַה\־u.mah-and what?H4100
יֵּעָשֶׂ֖הye.'a.Sehwas it doneH6213
בָּֽהּ\׃Bahwith <the> her

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Cross references for Esther 2:11

  • Genesis 37:14

    And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; 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 carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

  • Acts 15:36

    And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.

  • Esther 2:13-14

    Then thus came every 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. In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Mordecai.The apartments of the women are accounted so inviolable, that it is even a crime to enquire what passes within their walls. A man, says Chardin, may walk a hundred days, one after the other, by the house where the women are, and yet know no more what is done there than at the farther end of Tartary. This sufficiently explains the conduct of Mordecai.
walked.
13,14
how Esther did. Heb. the peace of Esther.
Ge 37:14; 1Sa 17:18; Ac 15:36

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Context

  • Esther 2:10

    Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it.

  • Esther 2:11

    And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.

  • Esther 2:12

    Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)

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Esther 2:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y cada día Mardochêo se paseaba delante del patio de la casa de las mujeres, por saber cómo iba á Esther, y qué se hacía de ella.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et chaque jour Mardochée se promenait devant la cour de la maison des femmes, pour savoir comment Esther se trouvait et ce qu’on faisait à son égard.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Tag für Tag wandelte Mordokai vor dem Hofe des Frauenhauses, um das Wohlergehen Esthers zu erfahren, und was mit ihr geschähe.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		qui deambulabat quotidie ante vestibulum domus, in qua electæ virgines servabantur, curam agens salutis Esther, et scire volens quid ei accideret.