Esther 8:16 KJV — MannaFest

Esther 8:16

The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

KJV

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YLT

to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,

ASV

The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.

WEB

For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

DBT

The Jews had light, and joy, and gladness, and honour.

About this book

Old Testament

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Esther — A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia; Haman plots genocide; Mordecai and Esther intervene; deliverance comes by providence — and God's name never once appears in the book.

Author: Anonymous; some rabbinic tradition attributes to Mordecai
Date: Events c. 483–473 BC, during Xerxes I's reign (Heb. Ahasuerus); compilation 4th–5th century BC

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15 verses on the floor

Psalms 34:5
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
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 118:27
God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.
Psalms 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

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It was but lately that we had Esther and Mordecai in tears and in fears, but fasting and praying; now let us see how to them there arose light in darkness. Haman was hanged as a traitor, therefore his estate was forfeited to the crown, and the king gave it all to Esther, in recompence for the fright that wicked man had put her into and the vexation he had created her,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

They were like those that dream; then was their mouth filled with laughter, Ps. cxxvi. One good effect of this deliverance was that many of the people of the land, that were considerate, sober, and well inclined, became Jews, were proselyted to the Jewish religion, renounced idolatry, and worshipped the true God only.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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