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Esther 8

Esther 8:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Jews
Yhuwdiy (Hebrew #3064)
a Jehudite (i.e. Judaite or Jew), or descendant of Jehudah (i.e. Judah)
KJV usage: Jew.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-dee'
Origin: patronymically from 3063
had light
'owrah (Hebrew #219)
luminousness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity; also a plant (as being bright)
KJV usage: herb, light.
Pronounce: o-raw'
Origin: feminine of 216
e, and gladness
simchah (Hebrew #8057)
blithesomeness or glee, (religious or festival)
KJV usage: X exceeding(-ly), gladness, joy(-fulness), mirth, pleasure, rejoice(-ing).
Pronounce: sim-khaw'
Origin: from 8056
, and joy
sasown (Hebrew #8342)
from 7797; cheerfulness; specifically, welcome
KJV usage: gladness, joy, mirth, rejoicing.
Pronounce: saw-sone'
Origin: or sason {saw-sone'}
, and honor
yqar (Hebrew #3366)
value, i.e. (concretely) wealth; abstractly, costliness, dignity
KJV usage: honour, precious (things), price.
Pronounce: yek-awr'
Origin: from 3365
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Psa. 18:28• 28For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness. (Psa. 18:28)
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Psa. 30:5‑11• 5For a moment is passed in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.
 6As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.
 7Jehovah, by thy favour thou hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
 8I called to thee, Jehovah, and unto the Lord did I make supplication:
 9What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
 10Hear, O Jehovah, and be gracious unto me; Jehovah, be my helper.
 11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; (Psa. 30:5‑11)
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Psa. 97:11• 11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. (Psa. 97:11)
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Prov. 11:10• 10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. (Prov. 11:10)
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Isa. 30:29• 29Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a feast is sanctified; and joy of heart, as of one who goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel. (Isa. 30:29)

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Esther 4:1‑3,16• 1And when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his garments, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry,
 2and came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
 3And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing: many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
 16Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast 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 the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish. (Esther 4:1‑3,16)
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Psa. 30:5‑11• 5For a moment is passed in his anger, a life in his favour; at even weeping cometh for the night, and at morn there is rejoicing.
 6As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.
 7Jehovah, by thy favour thou hadst made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face; I was troubled.
 8I called to thee, Jehovah, and unto the Lord did I make supplication:
 9What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
 10Hear, O Jehovah, and be gracious unto me; Jehovah, be my helper.
 11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing; thou hast loosed my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; (Psa. 30:5‑11)
had light.That is, prosperity and hope.
The dark cloud which had so long hung over them was dispelled; and again the sunshine of prosperity beamed upon them.
Esther 9:17• 17on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and joy. (Esther 9:17)
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Psa. 18:28• 28For it is thou that makest my lamp to shine: Jehovah my God enlighteneth my darkness. (Psa. 18:28)
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Psa. 97:11• 11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart. (Psa. 97:11)
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Prov. 4:18‑19• 18But the path of the righteous is as the shining light, going on and brightening until the day be fully come.
 19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. (Prov. 4:18‑19)
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Prov. 11:10• 10When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth; and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. (Prov. 11:10)
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Isa. 30:29‑30• 29Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a feast is sanctified; and joy of heart, as of one who goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel.
 30And Jehovah will cause the majesty of his voice to be heard, and will shew the lighting down of his arm with indignation of anger, and a flame of consuming fire, with waterflood and storm and hailstones. (Isa. 30:29‑30)
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Isa. 35:10• 10And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come to Zion with singing; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. (Isa. 35:10)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The Jews had light, and joy, and gladness, and honour.