Esther 8:16 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁶ The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honour.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ The Jews had light [a dawn of new hope] and gladness and joy and honor.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ For the Jews it was a day of light, happiness, joy, and honor.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ 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

¹⁶ The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor.

Esther 8:16 Cross References

Esther 4:16

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

Esther 9:17

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.

Psalm 112:4

Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: He is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Psalm 118:27

The LORD is God, and he hath given us light: Bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

Psalm 18:28

For thou wilt light my lamp: The LORD my God will lighten my darkness.

Psalm 30:12

To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

Psalm 97:11

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

Proverbs 11:10

When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.

Proverbs 28:12

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory: But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

Isaiah 35:10

and the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.