Esther 8:16
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
Esther 8:16 in other translations
| BSB | For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor. |
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| WEB | The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor. |
| ASV | The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor. |
| YLT | to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour, |
| DARBY | The Jews had light, and joy, and gladness, and honour. |
| BBE | And the Jews had light and joy and honour. |
| Webster | The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor. |
What does Esther 8:16 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 8:15-17
Mordecai's robes now were rich. These things are not worth notice, but as marks of the king's favour, and the fruit of God's favour to his church. It is well with a land, when ensigns of dignity are made the ornaments of serious piety. When the church prospers, many will join it, who will be shy of it when in trouble. When believers have rest, and walk in the fear of the Lord, and the comfort of the Holy Ghost, they…
Esther 8:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Esther 8:16
- Psalms 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.
- Psalms 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
- Esther 4:1-3
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
- Psalms 30:5-11
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication. …
- Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
- Esther 9:17
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.
- 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 likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
- Isaiah 30:29-30
Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel. And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
- Psalms 112:4
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
- Proverbs 4:18-19
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:1-3,16; Ps 30:5-11
had light.That is, prosperity and hope. The dark cloud which had so long hung over them was dispelled; and again the sunshine of prosperity beamed upon them.
9:17; Ps 18:28; 97:11; Pr 4:18,19; 11:10; Isa 30:29,30; 35:10
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Context
- Esther 8:15
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
- Esther 8:16
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
- Esther 8:17
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther 8:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Los Judíos tuvieron luz y alegría, y gozo y honra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pour les Juifs il y avait lumière et joie, et allégresse et honneur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Den Juden war Licht und Freude und Wonne und Ehre zuteil geworden. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Judæis autem nova lux oriri visa est, gaudium, honor, et tripudium. |