Est 8:17 | HCSB | STEP | In every province and every city , wherever the king’s command and his law reached , joy and rejoicing took place among the Jews . There was a celebration and a holiday . And many of the ethnic groups of the land professed themselves to be Jews because fear of the Jews had overcome them.

Esther 8:17

17 In every province and every city, wherever the king’s command and his law reached, joy and rejoicing took place among the Jews. There was a celebration and a holiday. ^{▼▼Lit good day
,} ^b And many of the ethnic groups of the land professed themselves to be Jews because fear of the Jews ^c had overcome them.