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Esther 8:17

NETBible	Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king’s edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples¹ pretended² to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.³
NIV © biblegateway Est 8:17	In every province and in every city, wherever the edict of the king went, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear of the Jews had seized them.
NASB © biblegateway Est 8:17	In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.
NLT © biblegateway Est 8:17	In every city and province, wherever the king’s decree arrived, the Jews rejoiced and had a great celebration and declared a public festival and holiday. And many of the people of the land became Jews themselves, for they feared what the Jews might do to them.
MSG © biblegateway Est 8:17	It was that way all over the country, in every province, every city when the king's bulletin was posted: the Jews took to the streets in celebration, cheering, and feasting. Not only that, but many non-Jews became Jews--now it was dangerous not to be a Jew!
BBE © SABDAweb Est 8:17	And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king’s letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.
NRSV © bibleoremus Est 8:17	In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his edict came, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a festival and a holiday. Furthermore, many of the peoples of the country professed to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
NKJV © biblegateway Est 8:17	And in every province and city, wherever the king’s command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a holiday. Then many of the people of the land became Jews, because fear of the Jews fell upon them.
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KJV	And in every province <04082>_, and in every city <05892>_, whithersoever <04725> the king's <04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> came <05060> (8688)_, the Jews <03064> had joy <08057> and gladness <08342>_, a feast <04960> and a good <02896> day <03117>_. And many <07227> of the people <05971> of the land <0776> became Jews <03054> (8693)_; for the fear <06343> of the Jews <03064> fell <05307> (8804) upon them.
NASB © biblegateway Est 8:17	In each <04082> and every <03605> province <04082> and in each <05892> and every <03605> city <05892> , wherever <04725> <834> the king's <04428> commandment <01697> and his decree <01881> arrived <05060> , there was gladness <08057> and joy <08342> for the Jews <03064> , a feast <04960> and a holiday <02896> <3117>. And many <07227> among <04480> the peoples <05971> of the land <0776> became <03054> Jews <03054> , for the dread <06343> of the Jews <03064> had fallen <05307> on them.
LXXM	kata <2596> PREP polin <4172> N-ASF kai <2532> CONJ cwran <5561> N-ASF ou <3364> ADV an <302> PRT exeteyh <1620> V-API-3S to <3588> T-NSN prostagma {N-NSN} ou <3364> ADV an <302> PRT exeteyh <1620> V-API-3S to <3588> T-NSN ekyema {N-NSN} cara <5479> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ eufrosunh <2167> N-NSF toiv <3588> T-DPM ioudaioiv <2453> N-DPM kwywn {N-NSM} kai <2532> CONJ eufrosunh <2167> N-NSF kai <2532> CONJ polloi <4183> A-NPM twn <3588> T-GPN eynwn <1484> N-GPN perietemonto <4059> V-AMI-3P kai <2532> CONJ ioudaizon <2450> V-AAI-3P dia <1223> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM fobon <5401> N-ASM twn <3588> T-GPM ioudaiwn <2453> N-GPM
NET [draft] ITL	Throughout every <03605> province <04082> <04082> and throughout every <03605> city <05892> where <0834> the king’s <04428> edict <01697> and his law <01881> arrived <05060> , the Jews <03064> experienced happiness <08057> and joy <08342> , banquets <04960> and holidays <02896> <03117> . Many <07227> of the resident <0776> peoples <05971> pretended to be Jews <03054> , because <03588> the fear <06343> of the Jews <03064> had overcome <05307> them.
HEBREW	Mhyle <05921> Mydwhyh <03064> dxp <06343> lpn <05307> yk <03588> Mydhytm <03054> Urah <0776> ymem <05971> Mybrw <07227> bwj <02896> Mwyw <03117> htsm <04960> Mydwhyl <03064> Nwvvw <08342> hxmv <08057> eygm <05060> wtdw <01881> Klmh <04428> rbd <01697> rsa <0834> Mwqm <04725> ryew <05892> rye <05892> lkbw <03605> hnydmw <04082> hnydm <04082> lkbw (8:17) <03605>

NETBible

Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king’s edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples¹ pretended² to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “peoples of the land” (so NASB); NIV “people of other nationalities”; NRSV “peoples of the country.”

²tn Heb “were becoming Jews”; NAB “embraced Judaism.” However, the Hitpael stem of the verb is sometimes used of a feigning action rather than a genuine one (see, e.g., 2 Sam 13:5, 6), which is the way the present translation understands the use of the word here (cf. NEB “professed themselves Jews”; NRSV “professed to be Jews”). This is the only occurrence of this verb in the Hebrew Bible, so there are no exact parallels. However, in the context of v. 17 the motivation of their conversion (Heb “the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them”) should not be overlooked. The LXX apparently understood the conversion described here to be genuine, since it adds the words “they were being circumcised and” before “they became Jews.”

³tn Heb “had fallen upon them” (so NRSV); NIV “had seized them.”