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Young's Literal Translation

Esther 9:32

And a saying of Esther hath established these matters of Purim, and it is written in the Book.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Purim;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Feast of Purim, or Lots, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Purim;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Day;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Festivals, Religious;   Pur, Purim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Esther;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Decree;   Esther;   Festivals;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Annas;   Aseas;   Chosamaeus;   Eliezer;   Elionas;   Esther;   Isshijah;   Malchijah;   Melchias;   Purim;   Sabbeus;   Shemaiah;   Shimeon;   Simon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Pur, Purim;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Lots;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So Esther’s command confirmed these customs of Purim, which were then written into the record.
Hebrew Names Version
The mitzvah of Ester confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
King James Version
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
English Standard Version
The command of Esther confirmed these practices of Purim, and it was recorded in writing.
New Century Version
Esther's letter set up the rules for Purim, and they were written down in the records.
New English Translation
Esther's command established these matters of Purim, and the matter was officially recorded.
Amplified Bible
The command of Esther established these customs for Purim, and it was written in the book [of the royal archives].
New American Standard Bible
The command of Esther established these customs for Purim, and it was written in the book.
World English Bible
The commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the decree of Ester confirmed these words of Purim, and was written in the booke.
Legacy Standard Bible
And the declaration of Esther established these words concerning Purim, and it was written in the book.
Berean Standard Bible
So Esther's decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
Contemporary English Version
These laws about Purim are written by the authority of Queen Esther.
Complete Jewish Bible
At Ester's order these matters of Purim were confirmed and put in writing in the book.
Darby Translation
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
Easy-to-Read Version
Esther's letter made the rules for Purim official, and these things were written down in a book.
George Lamsa Translation
And the decree of Esther con firmed these matters of Porayey which were written in the book.
Good News Translation
Esther's command, confirming the rules for Purim, was written down on a scroll.
Lexham English Bible
And the command of Esther established these practices of Purim, and it was written on the scroll.
Literal Translation
And the decree of Esther made rise these matters of Purim. And it was written in the book.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Hester comaunded to stablish these actes of this Purim, and to wryte them in a boke.
American Standard Version
And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
Bible in Basic English
The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the decree of Esther confirmed these wordes of Phurim, and was written in the booke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
King James Version (1611)
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim, and it was written in the booke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Esther established it by a command for ever, and it was written for a memorial.
English Revised Version
And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and `that thei schulden resseyue among hooli bookis alle thingis that ben conteyned in the storie of this book, which is clepid Hester.
Update Bible Version
And the commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
New King James Version
So the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim, and it was written in the book.
New Living Translation
So the command of Esther confirmed the practices of Purim, and it was all written down in the records.
New Life Bible
The words of Esther made the rules for keeping Purim sure, and it was written in the book.
New Revised Standard
The command of Queen Esther fixed these practices of Purim, and it was recorded in writing.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the command of Esther, confirmed the story of these Purim, - and it was written in a book.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
Revised Standard Version
The command of Queen Esther fixed these practices of Purim, and it was recorded in writing.
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New American Standard Bible (1995)
The command of Esther established these customs for Purim, and it was written in the book.

Contextual Overview

20 And Mordecai writeth these things, and sendeth letters unto all the Jews who [are] in all provinces of the king Ahasuerus, who are near and who are far off, 21 to establish on them, to be keeping the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day of it, in every year and year, 22 as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy. 23 And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them, 24 because Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, adversary of all the Jews, had devised concerning the Jews to destroy them, and had caused to fall Pur -- that [is] the lot -- to crush them and to destroy them; 25 and in her coming in before the king, he said with the letter, `Let his evil device that he devised against the Jews turn back upon his own head,' and they have hanged him and his sons on the tree, 26 therefore they have called these days Purim -- by the name of the lot -- therefore, because of all the words of this letter, and what they have seen concerning this, and what hath come unto them, 27 the Jews have established and received upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all those joined unto them, and it doth not pass away, to be keeping these two days according to their writing, and according to their season, in every year and year; 28 and these days are remembered and kept in every generation and generation, family and family, province and province, and city and city, and these days of Purim do not pass away from the midst of the Jews, and their memorial is not ended from their seed. 29 And Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, writeth, and Mordecai the Jew, with all might, to establish this second letter of Purim,

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim,.... As a festival to be observed by the Jews in future generations:

and it was written in the book; either in this book of Esther; or in the public acts and chronicles of the kings of Persia; or in a book by itself, now lost, as Aben Ezra thinks, as many others are we read of in Scripture, as the books of the chronicles of the kings of Israel and Judah, &c.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As “the book” elsewhere in Esther always means a particular book - “the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia” - Esther 2:23; Esther 6:1; Esther 10:2 it seems best to give it the same sense here.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 9:32. The decree of Esther confirmed these matters — It was received by the Jews universally with all respect, and they bound themselves to abide by it.

The Vulgate gives a strange turn to this verse: Et omnia quae libri hujus, qui vocatur Esther, historia continentur; "And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther."

The Targum says, And by the word of Esther all these things relative to Purim were confirmed; and the roll was transcribed in this book. The Syriac is the same as the Hebrew, and the Septuagint in this place not very different.


 
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