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 Shushan gathered together on the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and they killed 300 men in Shushan, but they did not put their hands on the plunder. 16Meanwhile the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered together to protect themselves and to get relief from their enemies. They killed 75,000 of their enemies, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder. This happened on the thirteenth day of Adar and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and gladness. 18But the Jews that were in Shushan had assembled on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth they rested, making it a day of feasting and gladness. 19That is why the rural Jews—those living in unwalled villages—make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a day of sending presents of food 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 9:2Jews assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus in order to lay hands on those seeking their harm. No one was able to stand against them, for fear of them had fallen on all the peoples.
• Esther 8:11The king granted the right for Jews in every city to assemble themselves and to protect themselves—to destroy, kill and annihilate any army of any people or province that might attack them and their women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
• Leviticus 26:7You will chase 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