Esther 9:28
What does Esther 9:28 mean?
A plain-English look at Esther 9:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
What Esther 9:28 means
The community declares that Purim will be remembered and kept in every generation, family, province, and city. It will not fail among the Jews, nor will its remembrance perish from their descendants. This sweeping language aims to embed Purim into the very fabric of Jewish life, wherever they live. The festival is not a local custom but a national memory. By insisting on comprehensive scope and enduring duration, the people guard against forgetfulness. The deliverance in Adar becomes a perpetual anchor of identity, reminding future generations of how close they came to destruction and how decisively they were preserved.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the remembrance of them perish from their seed.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the remembrance of them perish from their seed.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And that those days were to be kept in memory through every generation and every family, in every division of the kingdom and every town, that there might never be a time when these days of Purim would not be kept among the Jews, or when the memory of them would go from the minds of their seed.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752These are the days which shall never be forgot: and which all provinces in the whole world shall celebrate throughout all generations: neither is there any city wherein the days of Phurim, that is, of lots, must not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which is bound to these ceremonies.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890and that these days should be remembered and observed throughout every generation, in every family, every province, and every city, and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them cease from among their seed.
Context
This verse completes the people’s formal commitment begun in verse 27, emphasizing Purim’s permanence and universal observance among the Jews. With the popular adoption secure, verses 29–32 will supply the final layer of confirmation: an authoritative letter from Esther the queen and Mordecai the Jew, sent to all 127 provinces, affirming the appointed times and practices, including matters of fasting and their cry. The chapter thus moves from narrative to ordinance, from spontaneous joy to structured remembrance, sealed by royal authority.
v.27the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof, and according to the appointed time thereof, every year;
v.28This passage
v.29Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 13:8
And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
- Zechariah 6:14
And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of Jehovah.
- Psalms 78:5
For he established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which he commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children;
- Exodus 12:17
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever.
- Psalms 103:2
Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:
- Joshua 4:7
then ye shall say unto them, Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.