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Esther 8:16

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The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

The Jews {H3064} had light {H219}, and gladness {H8057}, and joy {H8342}, and honour {H3366}.

For the Jews, all was light, gladness, joy and honor.

For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 97:11 (7 votes)

    Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

  • Psalms 18:28 (6 votes)

    For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

  • Proverbs 11:10 (6 votes)

    ¶ When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.

  • Esther 4:1 (5 votes)

    ¶ When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;

  • Esther 4:3 (5 votes)

    And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, [there was] great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

  • Psalms 30:5 (4 votes)

    For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.

  • Psalms 30:11 (4 votes)

    Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;