Verse 31

Esther 9:31

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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31 And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Esther had appointed, and they undertook them to be observed by themselves and by their seed, fasts, and cries, and the days of lots,

Original Language Text

hebrew

לְ/קַיֵּ֡ם אֵת יְמֵי֩ הַ/פֻּרִ֨ים הָ/אֵ֜לֶּה בִּ/זְמַנֵּי/הֶ֗ם כַּ/אֲשֶׁר֩ קִיַּ֨ם עֲלֵי/הֶ֜ם מָרְדֳּכַ֤י הַ/יְּהוּדִי֙ וְ/אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַ/מַּלְכָּ֔ה וְ/כַ/אֲשֶׁ֛ר קִיְּמ֥וּ עַל נַפְשָׁ֖/ם וְ/עַל זַרְעָ֑/ם דִּבְרֵ֥י הַ/צֹּמ֖וֹת וְ/זַעֲקָתָֽ/ם

English Translation

To establish these days of Purim in their times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther established for them, and as they confirmed upon themselves and their descendants, the words of the fasts and their crying out.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all... Focus ↗

2 And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on thei... Focus ↗

3 And the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that... Focus ↗

4 For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power: and the fame of his name incr... Focus ↗

5 So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what the... Focus ↗

6 Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite,... Focus ↗

7 Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha, Focus ↗

8 And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, Focus ↗

9 And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha. Focus ↗

10 And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods. Focus ↗

11 And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king. Focus ↗

12 And he said to the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides the te... Focus ↗

13 And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do to morrow in Susan as... Focus ↗

14 And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and... Focus ↗

15 ,15And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they kille... Focus ↗

16 Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king's dominion the Jews stood for thei... Focus ↗

17 Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on th... Focus ↗

18 But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth an... Focus ↗

19 But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the m... Focus ↗

20 And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in a... Focus ↗

21 ,21That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and al... Focus ↗

22 Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow w... Focus ↗

23 And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardoc... Focus ↗

24 For Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised... Focus ↗

25 And afterwards Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by... Focus ↗

26 And since that time these days are called Phurim, that is, of lots: because Phur, that is, the lot,... Focus ↗

27 And the things that they suffered, and that were afterwards changed, the Jews took upon themselves a... Focus ↗

28 These are the days which shall never be forgot: and which all provinces in the whole world shall cel... Focus ↗

29 And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mardochai the Jew, wrote also a second epistle, t... Focus ↗

30 And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king Assuerus,... Focus ↗

31 And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Est...

32 And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Esther
Chapter: Chapter 9 (32 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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