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.
2 In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
3 And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
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- BSB
- 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.
- 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;)
- WEB
- Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree came near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it turned out that the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),
- 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,)
- DARBY
- And in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day thereof, 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 (but it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had power over them that hated them),
- BLB
- And in the two and tenth month (it [is] the month of Adar), on the three and tenth day in it, on which the word of the king and his decree had reached to be done, in the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to gain power over them, this was overturned, that the Jews themselves gained power over those hating them.
- ÅB
- På den trettende dag i den tolvte måned, det er måneden adar, den dag da kongens ord og bud skulle settes i verk, og jødenes fiender hadde håpet å få dem i sin makt - nå hadde det vendt seg så at jødene fikk sine fiender i sin makt -
- OTB
- I den tolvte måneden, måneden Adar, på den trettende dagen, da kongens befaling og edikt skulle settes i verk, dagen da jødenes fiender håpet å overmanne dem, ble det omvendt, og jødene fikk overtaket over dem som hatet dem.
- B1930
- På den trettende dag i den tolvte måned, det er måneden adar, den dag da kongens ord og bud skulde settes i verk, og jødenes fiender hadde håpet å få dem i sin makt - nu hadde det vendt sig så at jødene fikk sine fiender i sin makt -
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Cross references
Esther 3:13
And 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.
Read in contextEsther 8:12
The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
Read in contextPsalms 30:11
You turned my mourning into dancing; You peeled off my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Read in contextRevelation 11:18
The 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.”
Read in contextIsaiah 60:14–16
The 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.
Read in context2 Samuel 22:41
You have made my enemies retreat before me; I put an end to those who hated me.
Read in contextIsaiah 14:1–2
For 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.
Read in contextActs 12:11
Then 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.”
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