Esther 2:10

2:10 Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, ¹  for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so. ² 

Esther 8:6

8:6 For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?” ³ 

[2:10]  ¹ tn Cf. v. 20, where the same phrase occurs but with the word order reversed.

[2:10]  ² tn Heb “that she not tell” (NRSV similar); NASB “that she should not make them known.”

[8:6]  ³ tn Heb “my kindred” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB “my race”; NIV “my family”; NLT “my people and my family.”