Esther 9:21

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar

American Standard Version (1901)

to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

Bible in Basic English

Ordering them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same month, every year,

Free Bible Version

requiring them to celebrate every year the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar

Geneva Bible 1599

Inioyning them that they shoulde keepe the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, euery yeere.

King James (Authorized) Version

To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

Translation for Translators

He told them that every year they should celebrate on the 8th and 9th of March,

Unlocked Literal Bible

obligating them to keep the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of Adar every year.

Noah Webster Bible

To establish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

World English Bible

to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,

Young's Literal Translation

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,

Context

The Feast of Purim Instituted

²⁰Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,²¹to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar²²as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.

Summary

Esther 9:21 commemorates the establishment of the feast of Purim, a celebration of the Jews' deliverance from their enemies. This verse emphasizes the importance of remembrance and gratitude for God's faithfulness in preserving His people. The observance of Purim serves as a reminder of God's providential care and protection, encouraging believers to trust in His sovereignty. It also highlights the victory of good over evil and the triumph of God's purposes in the face of adversity.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them. They engaged to keep these two days as festivals annually, as they had at this time done; not in a religious but in a civil way, not as parts of religious worship, and as additions to and innovations of the law, but by way of commemoration of a civil benefit which they had received; and yet we find in later times that this was scrupled by some as an innovation; for we are told (r) that there were eighty five elders, and more than thirty of them prophets, who were distressed about this matter, fearing it was an innovation. (r) T. Hieros. Megillah. fol. 70. 4.