• Esther 9:22
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 22 because on those days the Jews rested from their enemies and in that month their grief was changed to rejoicing and their mourning+ to a day of celebration. They were to observe them as days of feasting and rejoicing and as a time to send portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

  • Esther 9:22
    The Bible in Living English

    • 22 corresponding to the days on which the Jews came to rest from their enemies and the month which was reversed for them from sorrow to gladness and from mourning to holiday-making, to keep them as days of banqueting and merrymaking and sending helpings to each other and gifts to the needy;

  • Esther 9:22
    American Standard Version

    • 22 as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

  • Esther 9:22
    King James Version

    • 22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.