Esther 9:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.”
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“This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“This was doneon the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, even to rest on the fourteenth of it, and to make it a day of banquet and of joy.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Esther 9:17 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Esther 3:12On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
- Esther 8:9At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush—writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
- Esther 9:1On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
- Esther 9:18The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
- Esther 9:21to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
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