Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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 .
And
in
the twelfth month --
it
`is'
the month of Adar --
on
the
thirteenth
day
of
it
, in
which
the word
of
the
king,
even
his
law,
hath
come
to be done,
in
the
day that
the enemies of the Jews had hoped to rule
over
them, and it
is
turned
that
the Jews rule
over
those hating
them --
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.
the Jews have
been
assembled in their cities ,
in
all
provinces
of
the
king
Ahasuerus,
to put
forth
a
hand
on
those seeking
their
evil,
and
no man hath
stood
in
their
presence
, for
their
fear hath
fallen on
all the
peoples.
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 .
And all heads
of the provinces, and
the lieutenants
, and
the governors, and those
doing
the work
that
the king
hath
, are
lifting
up
the Jews,
for
a
fear of Mordecai hath
fallen upon them ;
For Mordecai
exercised
great power
in the palace
, and his fame spread
throughout
the provinces as
he
became
more
and more
powerful
.
for great `is'
Mordecai
in the house
of
the
king
, and his fame is
going
into
all
the provinces ,
for
the
man
Mordecai
is
going
on
and becoming
great
.
The Jews put
all their enemies to
the sword, killing
and destroying
them
, and they
did
as
they
pleased
to
those who
hated
them .
And
the Jews smite
among
all their enemies --
a
smiting
of
the sword, and slaughter
, and destruction
--
and
do
with
those hating
them according
to
their
pleasure,
In the citadel
of
Susa,
the Jews killed
and destroyed five hundred men ,
and
in Shushan
the palace
have
the Jews slain
and destroyed five hundred men ;
including
Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
and
Parshandatha, and
Dalphon, and
Aspatha,
Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
and
Poratha, and
Adalia, and
Aridatha,
Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
and
Parmashta, and
Arisai, and
Aridai, and Vajezatha,
They
killed
these
ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the
enemy
of the Jews, but
they did
not
lay
a
hand
on the plunder
.
ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, adversary
of the Jews, they have
slain,
and
on the prey
they
have
not
put
forth
their
hand
.
On that day the number of those
killed
in the citadel
of
Susa
was
reported
to
the king,
On that day hath
come
the number of the
slain
in Shushan
the palace
before
the king,
who
said
to Queen
Esther, “
In the citadel
of
Susa
the Jews have
killed
and destroyed five hundred men, including
Haman’s
ten sons .
What
have
they
done
in the rest of the royal
provinces? Now
what is your
petition? It will
be
given to you.
And what further
do
you
request? It will
be
fulfilled
. ”
and
the
king
saith
to Esther the
queen
, `
In Shushan
the palace
have
the Jews slain
and destroyed five hundred men, and
the
ten sons of
Haman;
in the rest of the provinces of
the
king
what
have
they
done
? and
what `
is '
thy
petition? and
it is
given to thee;
and what thy
request again
? and
it is
done
. '
Esther replied
, “
If it
pleases
the king, may
the Jews in Susa
also
have
tomorrow
to
carry
out
today’s
edict
, and
may
the bodies
of Haman’s
ten sons be
hanged
on the gallows
. ”
And
Esther saith
, `
If to
the king `it
be'
good
, let
it
be
given
also
to-morrow,
to
the Jews who
`are'
in Shushan
, to
do
according
to
the law
of to-day;
and
the
ten sons of
Haman
they
hang
on the tree
. '
So
the king commanded
that
this
be done .
An
edict
was
issued
in Susa
, and they
hanged
the ten sons of Haman.
And
the king saith
--
`to
be done so;'
and
a
law
is
given
in Shushan
, and the ten sons of Haman they
have
hanged
.
On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the
Jews
in
Susa
came
together
again
and put
to
death
three hundred men there
, but
they did
not lay
a
hand on
the
plunder
.
And
the
Jews
who
`are'
in
Shushan
are
assembled
also
on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they
slay
in
Shushan
three hundred men, and
on
the
prey
they have
not put
forth
their
hand.
The rest of the Jews in the royal
provinces also
assembled to defend
themselves
and rid
themselves
of
their enemies .
They
killed
75
, 000
who
hated
them, but
they did
not lay
a
hand on
the
plunder.
And
the rest of the Jews ,
who
`are'
in the provinces of
the
king,
have
been
assembled ,
even
to stand
for
their
life,
and to
rest
from
their enemies, and
to
slay
among
those
hating
them five
and
seventy
thousand
, and
on
the
prey
they have
not put
forth
their
hand ;
This
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.
on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, even
to
rest
on the fourteenth of
it
, and
to
make
it a day of banquet
and of
joy.
The 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.
And
the Jews who
`are'
in Shushan
have
been
assembled ,
on the thirteenth day
of
it,
and on
the fourteenth of it,
even
to
rest
on the fifteenth of
it
, and
to
make
it a day of banquet
and of
joy.
This
is
why
the rural
Jews, who live
in the villages, observe
the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as
a
day
of
joy and feasting.
It
is
a holiday
for
sending gifts
to
one another.
Therefore
the Jews of
the
villages
, who are
dwelling
in cities
of
the villages, are
making
the fourteenth day of the month of Adar --
joy and banquet,
and
a good
day,
and
of
sending portions
one to
another.
Mordecai recorded
these events
and sent
letters to
all the Jews in all the
provinces of King Xerxes
, both
near and far,
And
Mordecai writeth
these things,
and sendeth
letters unto
all the Jews who
`are'
in all provinces of the
king Ahasuerus
, who
are
near and who
are
far off
,
to establish among
them
an
annual
celebration
on the fourteenth and
fifteenth
days
of the month of Adar
to establish on them,
to
be
keeping
the fourteenth day
of the month of Adar ,
and
the
fifteenth
day
of
it,
in
every
year
and
year,
as the
days on which the Jews gained
rest
from their enemies and the month in
which
their
sorrow
turned to joy and their
mourning into
a holiday.
He
wrote
that
these
were
to be
days of feasting
and joy, of sending gifts
to
one another and to the poor
.
as days on which the Jews have
rested
from their enemies ,
and the month that
hath
been
turned to them
from
sorrow
to
joy ,
and from
mourning to
a good
day,
to make
them
days of banquet
and of
joy, and
of sending portions
one to
another ,
and gifts
to the needy
.
So
the Jews agreed
to
continue
the
custom
they had started
, as
Mordecai had
written to
them .
And
the Jews have
received
that
which
they had begun
to
do
, and
that
which
Mordecai hath
written unto
them ,
For
Haman son of Hammedatha ,
the Agagite, the
enemy
of all the Jews, had plotted
against
the Jews to destroy them and had cast
the
Pur (
that is ,
the lot )
to crush and destroy them .
because
Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary
of all the Jews, had devised
concerning
the Jews to destroy them ,
and had caused
to
fall
Pur --
that `
is '
the lot --
to crush them
and to
destroy them ;
But
when
it
came
before the king, he commanded
by
letter that the
wicked
scheme
which
Haman
had
devised against the Jews should
come
back upon his own head, and that
he
and his sons should
be
hanged
on the gallows.
and
in
her
coming
in
before the king, he said
with
the
letter ,
`Let
his
evil
device
that he
devised against the Jews turn
back upon his own head, '
and they
have
hanged
him
and his sons on the tree,
Therefore these days are
called
Purim ,
from
the word
Pur.
Because of all the instructions
in
this letter, and because
of
all
they had
seen and experienced
,
therefore they
have
called
these days Purim --
by
the name
of
the
lot
--
therefore,
because of all the words
of
this letter, and what
they have
seen concerning
this,
and what
hath
come
unto
them
,
the Jews bound
themselves
to
establish
the
custom
that
they
and their descendants
and all who
join
them should
not fail
to celebrate
these two days at
the
appointed
time
each
and
every
year
, according to their regulation.
the Jews have
established
and received
upon
them,
and
upon
their seed,
and upon
all those
joined
unto
them ,
and
it
doth
not pass
away,
to be
keeping
these two days according
to
their
writing
, and
according to their season,
in
every
year
and
year;
These days should
be
remembered and celebrated
by
every generation, family, province, and city, so
that
these days of Purim should
not fail
to
be
observed
among
the Jews, nor
should
the
memory
of
them
fade
from their descendants
.
and
these days are
remembered and kept
in
every generation and
generation
, family and
family
, province and
province
, and city and
city
, and
these days of Purim do
not pass
away
from
the midst
of
the
Jews, and
their
memorial
is
not
ended
from their seed
.
So
Queen
Esther daughter of Abihail, along
with
Mordecai the Jew, wrote
with full
authority
to confirm
this second letter concerning
Purim .
And
Esther the
queen,
daughter of Abihail, writeth,
and
Mordecai the Jew, with all
might,
to establish
this second letter of
Purim ,
And Mordecai
sent
letters with
words
of
peace
and
truth
to
all the Jews in
the 127
provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
and he
sendeth
letters unto
all the Jews ,
unto
the seven
and
twenty
and
a
hundred
provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus
--
words
of
peace
and
truth
--
in
order
to confirm
these days of Purim at
their appointed
time
, just
as Mordecai the Jew and
Queen
Esther
had
established them and had committed
themselves and their descendants
to
the
times
of fasting
and lamentation
.
to establish
these days of Purim ,
in
their seasons
, as Mordecai the Jew hath
established on
them ,
and Esther
the
queen,
and
as
they
had established
on
themselves ,
and on
their seed
--
matters
of the
fastings,
and of
their
cry
.
So
Esther’s
decree
confirmed
these regulations
about
Purim, which
were
written into
the record
.
And
a
saying
of
Esther
hath
established
these matters
of
Purim, and
it
is
written in
the Book
.
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