Esther 8:16 - The Scriptures 2009 For the Yehuḏim there was light and gladness and joy and value. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Jews had light [a dawn of new hope] and gladness and joy and honor. American Standard Version (1901) The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor. Common English Bible For the Jews it was a day of light, happiness, joy, and honor. Catholic Public Domain Version You know my necessity, that I loathe the sign of my exaltation and glory, which is on my head in the days of my exhibition, and that I detest it like a menstruous rag and do not wear it in the days of my silence, English Standard Version 2016 The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor. |
“Go, gather all the Yehuḏim who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I too, and my young women shall fast in the same way, then I shall go to the sovereign, which is against the law. And if I shall perish, I shall perish!”
That was on the thirteenth day of the new moon of Aḏar, and on the fourteenth they rested in it and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Zayin Light has risen in the darkness to the straight ones, Those showing favour, Ḥet The compassionate, And the righteous.
יהוה is Ěl, and He gave us light; Bind the festival offering With cords to the horns of the slaughter-place.
For You Yourself light my lamp; יהוה my Elohim makes my darkness light.
So that esteem might praise You and not be silent. O יהוה my Elohim, I thank You forever.
Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
When the righteous prosper, the city rejoices. And when the wrong perish, there is shouting.
When the righteous exult, there is great comeliness; But when the wrong arise, a man is searched for.
And the ransomed of יהוה shall return and enter Tsiyon with singing, with everlasting joy on their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.