Esther 8:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 For the Jews there was light and gladness, joy and honor. More versionsKing 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 Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. After that I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.”
This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness.
They rise in the darkness as a light for the upright; they are gracious, merciful, and righteous.
The Lord is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar.
so that my soul may praise you and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever.
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.
When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory, but when the wicked prevail, people go into hiding.
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.