Esther 9:31
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Esther 9:31 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Esther 9:31 is a verse from the book of Esther in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Esther 9:31 — KJV
“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. themselves: Heb. their souls”
— Esther 9:31 (KJV)
Esther 9:31 in Context — About the Book of Esther
Esther never mentions God's name, yet His providence saturates every scene. A Jewish orphan becomes queen of Persia just in time to stop a genocide, risking her life with the words: if I perish, I perish. It is the book for anyone positioned by God for such a time as this.
Cross-References for Esther 9:31
“The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; fail: Heb. pass”
Shares key themes with Esther 9:31: these, days, appointed
“Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. authority: Heb. strength”
Shares key themes with Esther 9:31: confirm, purim, mordecai
“And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed. fail: Heb. pass perish: Heb. be ended”
Shares key themes with Esther 9:31: these, days, purim
“And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? fortify...: Heb. leave to themselves”
Shares key themes with Esther 9:31: these, jew, themselves
“And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. join...: Heb. associate themselves an...: Heb. rights he that begat...: or, whom she brought forth”
Shares key themes with Esther 9:31: these, times, themselves
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