New Revised Standard Version
Esther did not reveal her people or kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to tell.

Contemporary English Version
Mordecai had warned Esther not to tell anyone that she was a Jew, and she obeyed him.

New American Bible
Esther did not reveal her nationality or family, for Mordecai had commanded her not to do so.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:

And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:

had not shewed.

Esther 3:8 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.

Esther 4:13,14 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: . . .

Esther 7:4 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.

Matthew 10:16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

for Mordecai.

Esther 2:7,20 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. . . .

Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is just.