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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 thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. (Psa. 18:28)
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Psa. 30:5‑11• 5For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
 6And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
 7Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
 8I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.
 9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
 10Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.
 11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off 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 gladness 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 holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel. (Isa. 30:29)

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Esther 4:1‑3,16• 1When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a 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, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
 16Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye 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 his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
 6And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
 7Lord, by thy favor thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
 8I cried to thee, O Lord; and unto the Lord I made supplication.
 9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?
 10Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.
 11Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off 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 day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. (Esther 9:17)
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Psa. 18:28• 28For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. (Psa. 18:28)
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Psa. 97:11• 11Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. (Psa. 97:11)
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Prov. 4:18‑19• 18But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
 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 holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
 30And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. (Isa. 30:29‑30)
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Isa. 35:10• 10And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, 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.