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Esther 9:22
“As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.”
King James Version (KJV)

🌐 Esther 9:22 in 8 Translations

King James Version (KJV)English
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
als die Tage, an welchen die Juden Ruhe erlangt hatten vor ihren Feinden, und als den Monat, wo sich ihnen Kummer in Freude, und Trauer in einen Festtag verwandelt hatte, daß sie dieselben feiern sollten als Tage des Gastmahls und der Freude, wo man einander Teile sendet und Geschenke an die Armen gibt.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Como días en que los Judíos tuvieron reposo de sus enemigos, y el mes que se les tornó de tristeza en alegría, y de luto en día bueno; que los hiciesen días de banquete y de gozo, y de enviar porciones cada uno á su vecino, y dádivas á los pobres.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
Como os dias em que os judeus tiveram repouso de seus inimigos; e o mês que tornou para eles de tristeza em alegria, e de luto em dia de festejo; para que os fizessem dias de banquetes e de alegria, e de mandarem presentes uns aos outros, e de doações aos pobres.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Estes foram os dias em que os judeus se livraram de seus inimigos, e o mês quando sua tristeza tornou-se em alegria, e a lamentação em dia de celebração. Eles deveriam torná-los dias de banquete e alegria, enviando ofertas de comida uns aos outros, e ofertas para os pobres.

📖 Esther 9:22 in Context

20And 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,
21To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
22As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
23And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
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