Esther 9:17 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Esther 9:17 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Esther 9:17 in 6 Bible Translations
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Esther 9:17 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.”
Esther 9:17 — World English Bible
Esther 9:17 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“This was done on 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.”
Esther 9:17 — American Standard Version
Esther 9:17 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.”
Esther 9:17 — Young's Literal Translation
Esther 9:17 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy.”
Esther 9:17 — Darby Translation
Esther 9:17 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“This they did on the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar, and rested the fourteenth day thereof, and kept it a day of feasting and ioy.”
Esther 9:17 — Geneva Bible
Esther 9:17 in Context — Esther 9
15 For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.
16 But the other Jews that were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,
17 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.
18 But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
19 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.
What Does Esther 9:17 Mean?
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