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Esther 9:1

On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.

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ASV

Now in the twelfth month, which 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, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have rule over them (whereas it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them),

KJV

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;)

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30 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּבִשְׁנֵים֩u.vish.Neimand in two [plus]H8147 →
עָשָׂ֨ר'a.SartenH6240 →
חֹ֜דֶשׁCho.deshmonthH2320 →
הוּא־hu'-thatH1931 →
חֹ֣דֶשׁCho.desh[is] [the] month ofH2320 →
אֲדָ֗ר'a.DarAdarH143 →
בִּשְׁלוֹשָׁ֨הbish.lo.Shahon thir-H7969 →
עָשָׂ֥ר'a.SarteenH6240 →
יוֹם֙yOmdayH3117 →
בּ֔וֹboin it
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhenH834 →
הִגִּ֧יעַhi.Gi.a'it approachedH5060 →
דְּבַר־de.var-[the] word ofH1697 →
הַמֶּ֛לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
וְדָת֖וֹve.da.Toand law hisH1881 →
לְהֵעָשׂ֑וֹתle.he.'a.Sotto be doneH6213 →
בַּיּ֗וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhenH834 →
שִׂבְּר֜וּsi.be.Ruthey had hopedH7663 →
אֹיְבֵ֤י'o.ye.Vei[the] enemies ofH341 →
הַיְּהוּדִים֙hai.ye.hu.Dimthe JewsH3064 →
לִשְׁל֣וֹטlish.Lotto domineerH7980 →
בָּהֶ֔םba.Hemover them
וְנַהֲפ֣וֹךְve.na.ha.Fokhand it was reversedH2015 →
ה֔וּאHu'itH1931 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834 →
יִשְׁלְט֧וּyish.le.Tuthey domineeredH7980 →
הַיְּהוּדִ֛יםhai.ye.hu.Dimthe JewsH3064 →
הֵ֖מָּהHe.mahtheyH1992 →
בְּשֹׂנְאֵיהֶֽם׃be.so.ne.'ei.Hemover [those who] hated themH8130 →

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Esther 3:13And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.Esther 8:12The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.Philippians 1:12Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.Psalms 30:11You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,Revelation 11:18The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.”Isaiah 60:14–16The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.2 Samuel 22:41You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.Isaiah 14:1–2For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.Esther 9:17This 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.Esther 3:7In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.Acts 12:11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”Esther 9:18The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.Ezra 6:15And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.Esther 8:6For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”

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Esther Before the King — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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