KJV King James Version
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
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Esther 8:16
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
WEB World English Bible
The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
ASV American Standard Version
The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,
Surrounding context — Esther 8
13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province [was] published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 [So] the posts that rode upon mules [and] camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
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.
16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
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.
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Psalm 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, [there is] shouting.Psalm 18:28For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.Esther 4:1-3When 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;Psalm 30:5-11For his anger [endureth but] a moment; in his favour [is] life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy [cometh] in the morning.Psalm 112:4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: [he is] gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.Esther 9:17On 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.Isaiah 35:10And 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 4:16Go, 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 30:29-30Ye 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.Proverbs 4:18-19But the path of the just [is] as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
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