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Esther 9:31

To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

KJV

observantes dies sortium, et suo tempore cum gaudio celebrarent : sicut constituerant Mardochæus et Esther, et illi observanda susceperunt a se, et a semine suo, jejunia, et clamores, et sortium dies,

Vulgate

καὶ Ἐσθὴρ λόγῳ ἔστησεν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ ἐγράφη εἰς μνημόσυνον.

LXX

to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed, in the matter of the fastings and their cry.

ASV

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

Hebrew

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In this verse

People EstherMordecai

In the original Hebrew

17 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶסְתֵּ֣ר
'str
proper_noun · 55×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
זְמָ֑ן
zmn
noun · 4×
י
y
noun · 752×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יְּהוּדִ֔ים
yhvdym
noun · 79×
יָּ֣קָם
yqm
verb · 626×
ם
m
noun · 19×
מַֽלְכַּת
mlkt
noun · 35×
מָרְדֳּכַ֖י
mrdky
proper_noun · 60×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פּוּר֩
pvr
noun · 8×
צ֣וֹם
tsvm
noun · 26×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Esth 4:3 — And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
  • Esth 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto