Esther 2:11 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹¹ Every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and how she fared.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And Mordecai [who was an attendant in the king's court] walked every day before the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what would become of her.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what would become of her.

Common English Bible

¹¹ Each day found Mordecai pacing back and forth along the wall in front of the women’s house to learn how Esther was doing and what they were doing with her.

English Standard Version 2016

¹¹ And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her.

Esther 2:11 Cross References

Genesis 37:14

So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him from the valley of Hebron. He came to Shechem,

Esther 2:10

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

Esther 2:12

The turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with perfumes and cosmetics for women.

Acts 15:36

After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Come, let us return and visit the brothers and sisters in every city where we proclaimed the word of the Lord and see how they are doing.”

1 Samuel 17:18

also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See how your brothers fare, and bring some token from them.”