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Esther 9:16-18
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Esther 9:16-18
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
16 The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces assembled, defended themselves, and gained relief from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand[a] of those who hated them,(A) but they did not seize any plunder. 17 They fought on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar and rested on the fourteenth, and it became a day of feasting and rejoicing.
18 But the Jews in Susa had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. They rested on the fifteenth day of the month, and it became a day of feasting and rejoicing.(B)
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- 9:16 Some LXX mss read 10,107; other LXX mss read 15,000
Esther 9:16-18
New International Version
Esther 9:16-18
New International Version
16 Meanwhile, the remainder of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces also assembled to protect themselves and get relief(A) from their enemies.(B) They killed seventy-five thousand of them(C) but did not lay their hands on the plunder.(D) 17 This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting(E) and joy.
18 The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth, and then on the fifteenth they rested and made it a day of feasting and joy.
Esther 9:16-18
New King James Version
Esther 9:16-18
New King James Version
16 The remainder of the Jews in the king’s provinces (A)gathered together and protected their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of their enemies; (B)but they did not lay a hand on the plunder. 17 This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. And on the fourteenth of [a]the month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
The Feast of Purim
18 But the Jews who were at [b]Shushan assembled together (C)on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth of [c]the month they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
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- Esther 9:17 Lit. it
- Esther 9:18 Or Susa
- Esther 9:18 Lit. it
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