אסתר 8:16
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
Context
This verse from אסתר Chapter 8 connects to 10 cross-references. Ahasuerus gives Esther Haman's estate and elevates Mordecai; Esther pleads for a new royal decree to counter Haman's order. The king grants Mordecai and Esther the authority to write a counter-edict, which allows the Jews to assemble, defend themselves, and …
תרגומים נוספים
The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,
And the Jews had light and joy and honour.
הפניות צולבות
When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out …
And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and …
Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor …
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made …
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.
For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy …
Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.