'Day' in the Bible

The Jews who were in Susa also gathered together on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and killed three hundred men in Susa, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder.

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.

But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth of the same month, and on the fifteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing.

Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the rural [unwalled] towns, make the fourteenth day of the month of Adar a holiday for rejoicing and feasting and sending choice portions of food to one another.

obliging them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, annually,

For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, [to find the right time] to disturb and destroy them.

His sons used to go [in turn] and feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send word and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

Now there was a day when the sons of God (angels) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (adversary, accuser) also came among them.

Now there was a day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

Again there was a day when the sons of God (angels) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (adversary, accuser) also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

“Let the day on which I was born perish,And the night which announced: ‘There is a man-child conceived.’

“May that day be darkness;Let God above not care about it,Nor light shine on it.

“Let darkness and gloom claim it for their own;Let a cloud settle upon it;Let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born).

“Let those curse it who curse the day,Who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan.

“Let the stars of its early dawn be dark;Let the morning wait in vain for the light,Let it not see the eyelids of morning (the day’s dawning),

“Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden,And whom God has hedged in?

“When I lie down I say,‘When shall I arise [and the night be gone]?’But the night continues,And I am continually tossing until the dawning of day.

“[O God] turn your gaze from him so that he may rest,Until he fulfills his day [on earth] like a hired man.

“My transgression is sealed up in a bag,And You cover my wickedness [from Your view].

“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand.

“These [thoughts try to] make the night into the day;‘The light is near,’ they say in the presence of darkness [but they pervert the truth].

“Those in the west are astonished and appalled at his fate,And those in the east are seized with horror.

“The produce and increase of his house will depart [with the victors];His possessions will be dragged away in the day of God’s wrath.

“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction,They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?

“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;They shut themselves up by day;They do not know the light [of day].

Which I have reserved for the time of trouble,For the day of battle and war?

But his delight is in the law of the Lord,And on His law [His precepts and teachings] he [habitually] meditates day and night.

“I will declare the decree of the Lord:He said to Me, ‘You are My Son;This day [I proclaim] I have begotten You.

God is a righteous judge,And a God who is indignant every day.

How long must I take counsel in my soul,Having sorrow in my heart day after day?How long will my enemy exalt himself and triumph over me?

They confronted me in the day of my disaster,But the Lord was my support.

Day after day pours forth speech,And night after night reveals knowledge.

May the Lord answer you (David) in the day of trouble!May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high [and defend you in battle]!

Guide me in Your truth and teach me,For You are the God of my salvation;For You [and only You] I wait [expectantly] all the day long.

For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter;In the secret place of His tent He will hide me;He will lift me up on a rock.

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted awayThrough my groaning all the day long.

For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me;My energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.

And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness (justice),And Your praise all the day long.

The Lord laughs at him [the wicked one—the one who oppresses the righteous],For He sees that his day [of defeat] is coming.

All day long he is gracious and lends,And his descendants are a blessing.

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;I go about mourning all day long.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me,And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;They devise treachery all the day long.

My tears have been my food day and night,While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

In God we have boasted all the day long,And we will praise and give thanks to Your name forever. Selah.

My dishonor is before me all day long,And humiliation has covered my face,

But for Your sake we are killed all the day long;We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Call on Me in the day of trouble;I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”

Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man?The lovingkindness of God endures all day long.

Day and night they go around her walls;Wickedness and mischief are in her midst.

Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled on me;All day long the adversary oppresses and torments me.

My enemies have trampled upon me all day long,For they are many who fight proudly against me.

All day long they twist my words and say hurtful things;All their thoughts are against me for evil.

Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call;This I know, that God is for me.

But as for me, I will sing of Your mighty strength and power;Yes, I will sing joyfully of Your lovingkindness in the morning;For You have been my strongholdAnd a refuge in the day of my distress.

So I will sing praise to Your name forever,Paying my vows day by day.

Blessed be the Lord, who bears our burden day by day,The God who is our salvation! Selah.

Upon You have I relied and been sustained from my birth;You are He who took me from my mother’s womb and You have been my benefactor from that day.My praise is continually of You.

My mouth is filled with Your praiseAnd with Your glory all day long.

My mouth shall tell of Your righteousnessAnd of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long,For their number is more than I know.

My tongue also will speak of Your righteousness all day long;For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my injury.

So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him;And let them pray for him continually;Let them bless and praise him all day long.

For all the day long have I been stricken,And punished every morning.

The day is Yours, the night also is Yours;You have established and prepared the [heavenly] light and the sun.

Arise, O God, plead Your own cause;Remember how the foolish man scoffs at You all day long.

In the day of my trouble I [desperately] sought the Lord;In the night my hand was stretched out [in prayer] without weariness;My soul refused to be comforted.

The sons of Ephraim were armed as archers and carrying bows,Yet they turned back in the day of battle.

They did not remember [the miracles worked by] His [powerful] hand,Nor the day when He redeemed them from the enemy,

His priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword,And His widows could not weep.

Blow the trumpet at the New Moon,At the full moon, on our feast day.

Blessed and greatly favored are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence;They will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah.

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else];I would rather stand [as a doorkeeper] at the threshold of the house of my GodThan to live [at ease] in the tents of wickedness.

Be gracious and merciful to me, O Lord,For to You I cry out all the day long.

In the day of my trouble I will call upon You,For You will answer me.

O Lord, the God of my salvation,I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.

They have surrounded me like flood waters all day long;They have completely encompassed me.

In Your name they rejoice all the day,And in Your righteousness they are exalted.

You will not be afraid of the terror of night,Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

Do not harden your hearts and become spiritually dull as at Meribah [the place of strife],And as at Massah [the place of testing] in the wilderness,

Sing to the Lord, bless His name;Proclaim good news of His salvation from day to day.

Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress!Incline Your ear to me;In the day when I call, answer me quickly.

My enemies taunt me all day long;Those who ridicule me use my name as a curse.

The Lord spread a cloud as a covering [by day],And a fire to illumine the night.

Your people will offer themselves willingly [to participate in Your battle] in the day of Your power;In the splendor of holiness, from the womb of the dawn,Your young men are to You as the dew.

The Lord is at Your right hand,He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

This [day in which God has saved me] is the day which the Lord has made;Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

They continue this day according to Your ordinances,For all things [all parts of the universe] are Your servants.

Mem.Oh, how I love Your law!It is my meditation all the day.

Seven times a day I praise You,Because of Your righteous ordinances.

The sun will not strike you by day,Nor the moon by night.

The sun to rule over the day,For His lovingkindness endures forever;

Remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom,The day of [the fall of] Jerusalem,Who said “Down, down [with her]To her very foundation.”

On the day I called, You answered me;And You made me bold and confident with [renewed] strength in my life.

Even the darkness is not dark to You and conceals nothing from You,But the night shines as bright as the day;Darkness and light are alike to You.

“O God the Lord, the strength of my salvation,You have covered my head in the day of battle.

Every day I will bless You and lovingly praise You;Yes, [with awe-inspired reverence] I will praise Your name forever and ever.

When his spirit leaves him, he returns to the earth;In that very day his thoughts and plans perish.

But the path of the just (righteous) is like the light of dawn,That shines brighter and brighter until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day.

For jealousy enrages the [wronged] husband;He will not spare [the guilty one] on the day of vengeance.

“I have peace offerings with me;Today I have paid my vows.