Esther 9:26
Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,
KJV
atque ex illo tempore dies isti appellati sunt phurim, id est sortium : eo quod phur, id est sors, in urnam missa fuerit. Et cuncta quæ gesta sunt, epistolæ, id est, libri hujus volumine, continentur :
Vulgate
διὰ τοῦτο ἐπεκλήθησαν αἱ ἡμέραι αὗται Φρουραὶ διὰ τοὺς κλήρους, ὅτι τῇ διαλέκτῳ αὐτῶν καλοῦνται Φρουραί, διὰ τοὺς λόγους τῆς ἐπιστολῆς ταύτης, καὶ ὅσα πεπόνθασιν διὰ ταῦτα καὶ ὅσα αὐτοῖς ἐγένετο
LXX
Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,
ASV
עַל כֵּ֡ן קָֽרְאוּ֩ לַ/יָּמִ֨ים הָ/אֵ֤לֶּה פוּרִים֙ עַל שֵׁ֣ם הַ/פּ֔וּר עַל כֵּ֕ן עַל כָּל דִּבְרֵ֖י הָ/אִגֶּ֣רֶת הַ/זֹּ֑את וּ/מָֽה רָא֣וּ עַל כָּ֔כָה וּ/מָ֥ה הִגִּ֖יעַ אֲלֵי/הֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Esth 9:20 — And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,