Esther 2:11 (GNV)

Passage

Aud Mordecai walked euery day before the court of the womens house, to knowe if Ester did well, and what should be done with her.

Nearby Context

Esther 2:9 And the mayde pleased him, and she founde fauour in his sight: therefore he caused her things for purification to be giuen her speedily, and her state, and seuen comely maides to be giuer her out of the Kings house, and he gaue change to her and to her maydes of the best in the house of the women.

Esther 2:10 But Ester shewed not her people and her kinred: for Mordecai had charged her, that shee should not tell it.

Esther 2:11 Aud Mordecai walked euery day before the court of the womens house, to knowe if Ester did well, and what should be done with her.

Esther 2:12 And when the course of euery mayd came, to go in to King Ahashuerosh, after that she had bene twelue moneths according to the maner of the women (for so were the dayes of their purifications accomplished, sixe moneths with oyle of myrrhe, and sixe moneths with sweete odours and in the purifying of the women:

Esther 2:13 And thus went the maides vnto the King) whatsoeuer she required, was giuen her, to go with her out of the womens house vnto ye kings house.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "mordecai", "walked", "euery", "before", "court", "womens", "house", and "knowe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "mordecai" and "walked", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "But Ester shewed not her people and..." into verse 12's "And when the course of euery mayd...", so "mordecai" and "walked" belong inside that flow. In Esther context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "mordecai" and "walked" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.