Esther 9 · Verse 17

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 9:17, King James Version

Esther 9:17 in other translations

BSBThis was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
WEBThis 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.
ASVThis 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.
YLTon 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.
DARBYon 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.
BBEThis they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
WebsterOn 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.

What does Esther 9:17 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Esther 9:1-19

The enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them by the former edict. If they had attempted nothing against the people of God, they would not themselves have suffered. The Jews, acting together, strengthened one another. Let us learn to stand fast in one spirit, and with one mind, striving together against the enemies of our souls, who endeavour to rob us of our faith, which is more precious than our lives. The…

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Esther 9:17 in the original Hebrew

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בְּיוֹם\־be.yom-on dayH3117
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥הshe.lo.Shahthir-H7969
עָשָׂ֖ר'a.SarteenH6240
לְחֹ֣דֶשׁle.Cho.deshof [the] month ofH2320
אֲדָ֑ר'a.DarAdarH143
וְנ֗וֹחַve.No.achand they restedH5117
בְּאַרְבָּעָ֤הbe.'ar.ba.'Ahon [day] four-H702
עָשָׂר֙'a.SarteenH6240
בּ֔וֹboin it
וְעָשֹׂ֣הve.'a.Sohand they madeH6213
אֹת֔וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
י֖וֹםYoma day ofH3117
מִשְׁתֶּ֥הmish.TehfeastH4960
וְשִׂמְחָֽה\׃ve.sim.Chahand joyH8057

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Cross references for Esther 9:17

  • Esther 9:1

    Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

  • Esther 9:21

    To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

  • Esther 3:12

    Then were the king’s scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king’s ring.

  • Esther 8:9

    Then were the king’s scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.

  • Esther 9:18

    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.

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Context

  • Esther 9:16

    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,

  • 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 9:18

    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.

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Esther 9:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En el día trece del mes de Adar fué esto; y reposaron en el día catorce del mismo, é hiciéronlo día de banquete y de alegría.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
ce fut le treizième jour du mois d’Adar; et le quatorzième jour du mois, ils se reposèrent, et ils en firent un jour de festin et de joie.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das geschah am dreizehnten Tage des Monats Adar; und am Vierzehnten des Monats ruhten sie, und sie machten ihn zu einem Tage des Gastmahls und der Freude.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dies autem tertiusdecimus mensis Adar primus apud omnes interfectionis fuit, et quartadecima die cædere desierunt. Quem constituerunt esse solemnem, ut in eo omni tempore deinceps vacarent epulis, gaudio, atque conviviis.