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Book of Esther, Chapter 9

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Chapter 9 of Esther—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now 1in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on 2the thirteenth [a]day 3when the king’s command and edict [b]were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them.
  2. 4The Jews assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm; and no one could stand before them, 5for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples.
  3. Even all the princes of the provinces, 6the satraps, the governors and those who were doing the king’s business [c]assisted the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them.
  4. Indeed, Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai 7became greater and greater.
  5. Thus 8the Jews struck all their enemies with [d]the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.
  6. At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
  7. and Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
  8. Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
  9. Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha,
  10. 9the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy; but 10they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
  11. ¶ On that day the number of those who were killed at the citadel in Susa [e]was reported to the king.
  12. The king said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. What then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! 11Now what is your petition? It shall even be granted you. And what is your further request? It shall also be done.”
  13. Then said Esther, “If it pleases the king, 12let tomorrow also be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the edict of today; and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
  14. So the king commanded that it should be done so; and an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman’s ten sons were hanged.
  15. The Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and killed 13three hundred men in Susa, but 14they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
  16. ¶ Now 15the rest of the Jews who were in the king’s provinces 16assembled, to defend their lives and [f]rid themselves of their enemies, and kill 75,000 of those who hated them; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.
  17. This was done on 17the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and 18on the fourteenth [g]day they rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.
  18. ¶ But the Jews who were in Susa 19assembled on the thirteenth and 20the fourteenth [h]of the same month, and they rested on the fifteenth [i]day and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.
  19. Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in 21the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a [j]22holiday for rejoicing and feasting and 23sending portions of food to one another.
  20. ¶ Then Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
  21. obliging them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day [k]of the same month, annually,
  22. because on those days the Jews [l]rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was 24turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a [m]holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and 25sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
  23. ¶ Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
  24. For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had schemed against the Jews to destroy them and 26had cast Pur, that is the lot, to disturb them and destroy them.
  25. But 27when it came [n]to the king’s attention, he commanded by letter 28that his wicked scheme which he had [o]devised against the Jews, 29should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the [p]gallows.
  26. Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. [q]And 30because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them,
  27. the Jews established and [r]made a custom for themselves and for their [s]descendants and for 31all those who allied themselves with them, so that [t]they would not fail 32to celebrate these two days according to their [u]regulation and according to their appointed time annually.
  28. So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province and every city; and these days of Purim were not to [v]fail from among the Jews, or their memory [w]fade from their [x]descendants.
  29. ¶ Then Queen Esther, 33daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm 34this second letter about Purim.
  30. He sent letters to all the Jews, 35to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth,
  31. to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their [y]descendants with [z]instructions 36for their times of fasting and their lamentations.
  32. The command of Esther established these [aa]customs for 37Purim, and it was written in the book.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Lit day in it
  2. ^ Lit drew near
  3. ^ Lit lifted up
  4. ^ Lit the stroke of
  5. ^ Lit came
  6. ^ Lit have rest from
  7. ^ Lit in it
  8. ^ Lit in it
  9. ^ Lit in it
  10. ^ Lit rejoicing and feasting and a good day and sending
  11. ^ Lit in it
  12. ^ Lit had rest from
  13. ^ Lit good day
  14. ^ Lit before the king, he
  15. ^ Lit schemed
  16. ^ Lit tree
  17. ^ Lit Therefore because of all the words
  18. ^ Lit received
  19. ^ Lit seed
  20. ^ Lit it should not pass away
  21. ^ Lit writing
  22. ^ Lit pass away
  23. ^ Lit end
  24. ^ Lit seed
  25. ^ Lit seed
  26. ^ Lit words
  27. ^ Lit words

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Es 8:12
  2. ^ Es 9:17
  3. ^ Es 3:13
  4. ^ Es 8:11; 9:15-18
  5. ^ Es 8:17
  6. ^ Ezr 8:36
  7. ^ 2Sa 3:1; 1Ch 11:9
  8. ^ Es 3:13
  9. ^ Es 5:11
  10. ^ Es 8:11
  11. ^ Es 5:6; 7:2
  12. ^ Es 8:11; 9:15
  13. ^ Es 9:12
  14. ^ Es 9:10
  15. ^ Es 9:2
  16. ^ Le 26:7, 8; Es 8:11
  17. ^ Es 9:1
  18. ^ Es 9:21
  19. ^ Es 8:11; 9:2
  20. ^ Es 9:21
  21. ^ De 3:5; Zc 2:4
  22. ^ Es 9:22
  23. ^ Ne 8:10
  24. ^ Ps 30:11
  25. ^ Ne 8:12
  26. ^ Es 3:7
  27. ^ Es 7:4-10
  28. ^ Es 3:6-15
  29. ^ Ps 7:16
  30. ^ Es 9:20
  31. ^ Es 8:17
  32. ^ Es 9:20, 21
  33. ^ Es 2:15
  34. ^ Es 9:20, 21
  35. ^ Es 1:1
  36. ^ Es 4:3
  37. ^ Es 9:26

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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