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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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