Esther 9:31 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselvesi and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. ”

Esther 9:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The matters of the fastings and their cry - The Jews of the provinces had added to the form of commemoration proposed by Mordecai certain observances with respect to fasting and wailing, and Mord...
Esther 9:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

To confirm these days of Purim in their times [appointed], according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters...
Esther 9:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Jews Successful against their Enemies. Adar 13th, the dreadful day, comes at last. What were the Jews to do? There were many partisans of Haman, some 500 at least in the city alone; there were...
Esther 9:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

enjoined . ordained. Hebrew. kum. as . according as. decreed . ordained. Hebrew. kum, as in verses: Esther 9:27 ; Esther 9:29 ; Esther 9:31 .
Esther 9:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed , according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters...
Esther 9:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And Mordecai wrote these things, &c.— See the introductory note to this book. It is from the 20th verse that some have supposed Mordecai to have been the author of it: but it is very evident, t...
Esther 9:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Jews Slay their Enemies. Institution of Purim 3. All the rulers, etc.] The great massacre described in href='190 9:16'>Est 9:16 is thus represented as being in part the work of the Persian...
Esther 9:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To confirm... enjoined... decreed. — The same Hebrew verb stands for the three different English verbs; it is also the stablish of Esther 9:21 . To fix or settle represents the meaning. Th...
Esther 9:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deliverance by the Sword Esther 9:1-32 When the fateful day arrived, the Jews throughout the empire stood on the defense. As it appears from Esther 9:16 , seventy-five thousand of their assail...
Esther 9:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this final section of the Book we have an account, first, of the arrival of the fateful day and all that happened thereon. It was a day when the changed conditions in the case of Haman and Mordeca...
Esther 9:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(20) В¶ And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, (21) To stablish this among them, that they should...
Esther 9:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed ,.... The fourteenth and fifteenth of Adar: according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them ; in the letters written an...
Esther 9:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

To confirm these days of Purim in their times [appointed], according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters...
Esther 9:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The matters of their fasting, and of their cry For and concerning those great and overwhelming calamities which had been decreed to befall all the Jews, and for the removing of which, not only Esth...
Esther 9:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE JEWS VICTORIOUS (vv. 1-17) On the day prescribed in both decrees, when the enemies of the Jews expected to destroy all the Jews in the Persian empire, the tables were turned completely, for...
Esther 9:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Feast of Purim. B. C. 509. 20 And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters un...
Esther 9:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For or about those great and overwhelming calamities which were decreed to all the Jews, and for the removing of which, not only Esther, and the Jews in Shushan, but all other Jews in all places, as...
Esther 9:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Esther 9:29-32 .] A second letter from queen Esther and Mordecai to appoint fasting and lamentation on the days of Purim. Esther 9:32 .] The feast of Purim instituted by le...
Esther 9:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 9:1 . The enemies of the Jews. The Chaldean paraphrase says that no nation appeared in arms against the Jews but Amalek; and these were infatuated to their own destruction. The troubles whi...
Esther 9:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION RESULT OF THE SECOND EDICT ' THE JEWS RESIST THEIR ENEMIES , AND EFFECT A GREAT SLAUGHTER OF THEM , BUT DO NOT LAY HAND ON THEIR GOODS ( E...
Esther 9:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Purim Festival Instituted
Esther 9:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 4:16 ; Esther 4:3 ; Esther 9:27 ; Jonah 3:2-9
Esther 9:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Cry — For those great calamities which were decreed to all the Jews, and for the removing of which, not only Esther, and the Jews in Shushan, but all other Jews in all places, did doubtless fly to...

Esther 9:31 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Esther 9:31 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Esther 9:31 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 9:31 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Esther 9:31 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Esther 9:31 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Esther 9:31 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 9:31 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Esther 9:31 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Esther 9:31 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Esther 9:31 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Esther 9:31 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Esther 9:31 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Esther 9:31 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 9:31 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Esther 9:31 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Esther 9:31 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Esther 9:31 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Esther 9:31 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Esther 9:31 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Esther 9:31 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Esther 9:31 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Esther 9:31 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes