EST 9:21 Parallel View

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OET (OET-RV) That decree established an annual holiday on the 14th and 15th of March every year,[fn]

9:21 The OET-RV gives an approximate time of the year in our calendars, but the Jewish calendar is largely a lunar calendar so the dates of the feast in our calendars moves around a little. In 2024 for example, ‘Purim’ begins on the evening of March 23 in Israel and concludes at sundown on March 24.

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Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT to set up for them to be making day 14 of the month of Adar and day 15 of it, every year by year,

UST He established a holiday on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar. He told the Jews to observe it every single year

BSB to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar

OEB He told them to keep the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and also the fifteenth day every year,

WEB to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,

NET to have them observe the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of the month of Adar each year

LSV to establish on them, to be keeping the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day of it, in every year and year,

FBV requiring them to celebrate every year the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar

T4T He told them that every year they should celebrate on the 8th and 9th of March,

LEB to impose on them to keep the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day, every year,[fn]

?:? Literally “and every year and year”

BBE Ordering them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same month, every year,

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

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

DRA That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour:

YLT to establish on them, to be keeping the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day of it, in every year and year,

DBY to establish [this] among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

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

WBS To establish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

KJB To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
(To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, )

BB That they should make a lawe among the selues, & holde the fourteenth & fifteenth day of the moneth Adar, yerely.
(That they should make a law among the selves, and hold the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar, yearly.)

GNV Inioyning them that they shoulde keepe the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, euery yeere.
(Inioyning them that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, every year. )

CB that they shulde yearly receaue and holde the fourtenth and fiftenth daie of the moneth Adar,
(that they should yearly receive and hold the fourtenth and fiftenth day of the month Adar,)

WYC that thei schulden resseyue the fourtenthe and the fiftenthe dai of the monethe Adar `for feestis, and euer whanne the yeer turneth ayen, `thei schulden halowe with solempne onour;
(that they should receive the fourtenthe and the fiftenthe day of the month Adar `for feestis, and ever when the year turneth again, `thei should halowe with solempne honour;)

LUT daß sie annähmen und hielten den vierzehnten und fünfzehnten Tag des Monden Adar jährlich,
(daß they/she/them annähmen and hielten the vierzehnten and fünfzehnten Tag the Monden Adar jährlich,)

CLV ut quartamdecimam et quintamdecimam diem mensis Adar pro festis susciperent, et revertente semper anno solemni celebrarent honore:
(ut quartamdecimam and quintamdecimam diem mensis Adar pro festis susciperent, and revertente semper anno solemni celebrarent honore: )

BRN No BRN EST book available

BrLXX No BrLXX EST book available

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Purim

The Festival of Purim is the only Old Testament festival not established during the time of Moses. Its name is derived from a word that means lots or dice (Hebrew purim, derived from Akkadian puru). It was a common practice in the ancient world to cast purim to determine whether God favored a particular course of action: A good number would indicate God’s approval, a bad number his disapproval. Near the king’s throne room at Susa in Persia, archaeologists found a small four-sided object with a number engraved on each side. A similar die inscribed with the word pur dates to the 800s BC. In the book of Esther, the Persian astrologers used purim to establish the best time to slaughter the Jews (Esth 3:7).

On the fateful day—March 7, 473 BC—God miraculously rescued his people from certain death, just as he had rescued the nation from Egypt at the Passover. Mordecai and Esther therefore formalized an annual celebration of God’s rescue so that all future generations would remember what God had accomplished (9:28). The festival was widely celebrated thereafter among Jews (see 2 Maccabees 15:36; Josephus, Antiquities 11.6.13; perhaps John 5:1).

When God rescued his chosen people, the day for Jewish execution turned into a day of holy vengeance and was followed by a day of celebration. Today, Jewish people fast and pray to commemorate Esther’s fasting. This fast is then followed by Purim, which is celebrated on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar (occurring in February or March). On this joyous holiday Jews read Esther (with loud boos for Haman and hoorays for Mordecai) and have a time of feasting and rejoicing, with gifts for friends and for the poor. It is a celebration of how God providentially worked to care for his people so that they were not exterminated (9:1-17) and of how God continues to care for, provide for, and save his people (see also Gen 45:5; Ps 91; Prov 16:9, 33; Dan 2:21; Acts 1:6-7; 2:22-23; 4:28-30; 17:24-27; Rom 8:28; 1 Pet 3:12).

Passages for Further Study

Esth 9:1-32; Pss 37:23; 91:1-16; Prov 16:9, 33; Rom 8:28; 1 Pet 3:12

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לְ⁠קַיֵּם֮ עֲלֵי⁠הֶם֒ לִ⁠הְי֣וֹת עֹשִׂ֗ים

to,obliging on,them to=be celebrate

Here, to set up means to establish, and to make a day means to observe it as a holiday. Alternate translation: “to establish … as a holiday”

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

י֣וֹם אַרְבָּעָ֤ה עָשָׂר֙

day four ten

Alternate translation: “the fourteenth day”

Note 3 topic: translate-hebrewmonths

לְ⁠חֹ֣דֶשׁ אֲדָ֔ר

of,month Adar

Adar is the name of the twelfth and last month of the Hebrew calendar. See how you translated this in 3:7, 3:13, 8:12, 9:1, 9:15, 9:17, and 9:19.

Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal

יוֹם־חֲמִשָּׁ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר בּ֑⁠וֹ

day five ten in/on/over=him/it

Alternate translation: “the fifteenth day”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּ⁠כָל־שָׁנָ֖ה וְ⁠שָׁנָֽה

in=all year and,year

This expression means “every year.” Alternation translation: “each year”

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