Esther 8:16
For the Jews there was light, with joy and gladness, and honor.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
In Context
Cross References
Esther 4:1When Mordecai ascertained all that had been done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth [strewed] with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry;
Esther 9:17On the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and they rested on the fourteenth day thereof, and made it a day of entertainment and joy.
Psalms 30:5(30:6) For his anger is momentary, [but] life is in his favor: in the evening [cometh] weeping to stay for a night, but in the morning, there is joyful song.
Psalms 97:11Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the early morning light, that shineth more and more brightly until the height of noonday.
Proverbs 28:12When the righteous exult, there is great splendor; but when the wicked rise up, a man hath to be sought for.
Matthew Henry on Esther 8:16-17
The Joy of the Jews. ( b. c. 510.) 15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. 16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. 17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for… Read the whole commentary →