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Selected Verse: Esther 9:31 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Es 9:31	Strong Concordance	To confirm [06965] these days [03117] of Purim [06332] in their times [02165] appointed, according as Mordecai [04782] the Jew [03064] and Esther [0635] the queen [04436] had enjoined [06965] them, and as they had decreed [06965] for themselves [05315] and for their seed [02233], the matters [01697] of the fastings [06685] and their cry [02201].
	King James	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 of the fastings and their cry.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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 Mordecai's second letter sanctioned these.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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 Mordecai's second letter sanctioned these.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
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 God by fasting, and strong cries.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

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 God by fasting, and strong cries.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
As they had decreed for themselves and for their seed - There is no mention of their receiving the approbation of any high priest, nor of any authority beyond that of Mordecai and Esther; the king could not join in such a business, as he had nothing to do with the Jewish religion, that not being the religion of the country.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

As they had decreed for themselves and for their seed - There is no mention of their receiving the approbation of any high priest, nor of any authority beyond that of Mordecai and Esther; the king could not join in such a business, as he had nothing to do with the Jewish religion, that not being the religion of the country.

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