Devine Scripture

Esther 9:20

Esther chapter 9 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

Context

v.19Therefore do the Jews of the villages, that dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

v.20This passage

v.21to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Corinthians 1:10

    who delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver: on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us;

  • Deuteronomy 31:19

    Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach thou it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.

  • Esther 1:1

    Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and seven and twenty provinces),

  • Esther 3:12

    Then were the king’s scribes called in the first month, on the thirteenth day thereof; and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king’s satraps, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.

  • Psalms 145:4

    One generation shall laud thy works to another, And shall declare thy mighty acts.

  • Exodus 17:14

    and Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.