Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor.
New American Standard Bible
For the Jews there was
King James Version
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
Holman Bible
and the Jews celebrated
International Standard Version
For the Jewish people, there was light and joy, gladness and honor.
A Conservative Version
The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
American Standard Version
The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
Amplified
For [at this time] the Jews had light [a dawn of new hope] and gladness and joy and honor.
Bible in Basic English
And the Jews had light and joy and honour.
Darby Translation
The Jews had light, and joy, and gladness, and honour.
Julia Smith Translation
There was to the Jews light and gladness and joy and honor.
King James 2000
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the Jews, there was light and gladness, joy and honor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but unto the Jews was come light and gladness, and joy, and worship.
NET Bible
For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor.
New Heart English Bible
The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
The Emphasized Bible
To the Jews, had come light, and joy, - and gladness and honour.
Webster
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor.
World English Bible
The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
Youngs Literal Translation
to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 8:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mordecai Is Promoted
15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal clothing 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 honor. 17 And in every province, and in every city where the king's command and his order came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews fell on them.
Cross References
Psalm 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Esther 4:1-3
And Mordecai understood all that was done, and Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the middle of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry.
Esther 4:16
Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, night or day. My maidservants and I will also fast in the same way. And so I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law. And if I perish, I perish.
Esther 9:17
And on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and on the fourteenth day of the same, they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Psalm 18:28
For You will light my candle; Jehovah my God will make my darkness light.
Psalm 30:5-11
For His anger is only a moment; in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 112:4
To the upright there arises light in the darkness; he is gracious and full of pity and righteousness.
Proverbs 4:18-19
But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
Proverbs 11:10
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices; and when the wicked are destroyed, there is singing.
Isaiah 30:29-30
You shall have a song, as in the keeping of a holy feast night; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come into the mountain of Jehovah, to the mighty One of Israel.
Isaiah 35:10
And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.