Esther 9:17

Esther 9:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And on the fourteenth of the month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

Context of Esther 9:17

15The Jews in Susa assembled again on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men in Susa, but they did not seize any plunder. 16The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces assembled, defended themselves, and gained relief from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them, but they did not seize any plunder. They fought on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar and rested on the fourteenth, and it became a day of feasting and rejoicing. 18But the Jews in Susa had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. They rested on the fifteenth day of the month, and it became a day of feasting and rejoicing. 19This explains why the rural Jews who live in villages observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a time of rejoicing and feasting. It is a holiday when they send gifts to one another.

Esther 9:17 word by word

בְּיוֹם־שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר לְחֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֑ר וְנ֗וֹחַ בְּאַרְבָּעָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙ בּ֔וֹ וְעָשֹׂ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ י֖וֹם מִשְׁתֶּ֥ה וְשִׂמְחָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• On the thirteenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• On the thirteenthשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• Adarאֲדָר'ădâr · AdarH143
• and on the fourteenthאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• day of the same restedנוּחַnûach nôach · restH5118
• they, and madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• of feastingמִשְׁתֶּהmishteh · feastH4960
• and gladnessשִׂמְחָהώimchâh · joyH8057

Cross-references for Esther 9:17

• Esther 9:2In each of King Ahasuerus’s provinces the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who intended to harm them. Not a single person could withstand them; fear of them fell on every nationality.
• Esther 8:11The king’s edict gave the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate every ethnic and provincial army hostile to them, including women and children, and to take their possessions as spoils of war.
• Leviticus 26:7You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword.

Commentaries on Esther 9:17

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy: Although God is not mentioned, they likely thanked God for their rescue. This marked the start of a new festival, later called Purim (Esther 9:19–32).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-191. in the twelfth month, ... on the thirteenth day of the same--This was the day which Haman's superstitious advisers had led him to select as the most fortunate for the execution of his exterminating scheme against the Jews [Es 3:7].Read the comment

Topics related to Esther 9:17

• Feasts
• Month

In the dictionaries

• Adar
• Esther, Book of
• Text of the Old Testament

Commentaries on Esther 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings