Esther 2:11
“And Mordecai walked euery day before the court of the womens house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.”
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Esther 2:11 Context
9And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindnesse of him, and hee speedily gaue her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seuen maidens, which were meet to be giuen her, out of the Kings house, and hee preferred her and her maids, vnto the best place of the house of the women. 10Esther had not shewed her people, nor her kinred: for Mordecai had charged her, that she should not shew it. 11And Mordecai walked euery day before the court of the womens house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. 12¶ Now when euery maids turne was come, to goe in to King Ahasnerus, after that shee had bene twelue moneths, according to the maner of the women (for so were the dayes of their purifications accomplished, to wit, sixe moneths with oile of myrrhe, and sixe moneths with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women.) 13Then thus came euery maiden vnto the king, whatsoeuer she desired, was giuen her, to goe with her out of the house of the women, vnto the kings house.
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And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
- King James Version
Every day Mordecai walked back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and how she fared.
- New American Standard Version (1995)