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Esther 9:22

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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.

As the days {H3117} wherein the Jews {H3064} rested {H5117} from their enemies {H341}, and the month {H2320} which was turned {H2015} unto them from sorrow {H3015} to joy {H8057}, and from mourning {H60} into a good {H2896} day {H3117}: that they should make {H6213} them days {H3117} of feasting {H4960} and joy {H8057}, and of sending {H4916} portions {H4490} one {H376} to another {H7453}, and gifts {H4979} to the poor {H34}.

[to commemorate] the days on which the Jews obtained rest from their enemies and the month which for them was turned from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; they were to make them days of celebrating and rejoicing, sending portions [of food] to each other and giving gifts to the poor.

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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 30:11 (6 votes)

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

  • Isaiah 12:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.

  • Isaiah 12:2 (3 votes)

    Behold, God [is] my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH [is] my strength and [my] song; he also is become my salvation.

  • Isaiah 14:3 (3 votes)

    And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

  • Galatians 2:10 (3 votes)

    Only [they would] that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do.

  • Esther 9:19 (3 votes)

    Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar [a day of] gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

  • Acts 2:44 (2 votes)

    And all that believed were together, and had all things common;