Esther 9:22 “as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the m…”

Esther 9:22

as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

World English Bible

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.

American Standard Version

as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

Geneva Bible 1599

According to the dayes wherein the Iewes rested from their enemies, and the moneth which was turned vnto them from sorowe to ioy, and from mourning into a ioyfull day, to keepe them the dayes of feasting, and ioy, and to sende presents euery man to his neyghbour, and giftes to the poore.

Darby Translation

as the days on which the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month that was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

Young's Literal Translation

as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.

Bible in Basic English

As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.

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Cross references

“the days”

Isaiah 14:3 Exodus 13:3–8 Psalm 103:2 Esther 3:12 Esther 3:13 Isaiah 12:1

Isaiah 14:3 · BSB

On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

Exodus 13:3–8 · BSB

So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

Psalm 103:2 · BSB

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—

Esther 3:12 · BSB

On 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 s…

Esther 3:13 · BSB

And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the th…

Isaiah 12:1 · BSB

In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.

“from sorrow”

Psalm 30:11 Matthew 5:4 John 16:20–22

Psalm 30:11 · BSB

You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

Matthew 5:4 · BSB

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

John 16:20–22 · BSB

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

“sending portions”

Esther 9:19 Galatians 2:10 Nehemiah 8:10–12 Acts 2:44–46 Luke 11:41

Esther 9:19 · BSB

This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.

Galatians 2:10 · BSB

They only asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.

Nehemiah 8:10–12 · BSB

Then Nehemiah told them, “Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.”

Acts 2:44–46 · BSB

All the believers were together and had everything in common.

Luke 11:41 · BSB

But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar

23So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.

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