Est 8:17 | NASB2020 | STEP | In each and every province and in each and every city , wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived , there was joy and jubilation for the Jews , a feast and a holiday . And many among the peoples of the land became Jews , because the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.

Esther 8:17

17 In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree arrived, there was joy and jubilation for the Jews, a feast and a ^{▼▼Lit good day
,} ^bholiday. And ^cmany among the peoples of the land ^{▼▼Or posed as Jews}became Jews, because the dread of the Jews had fallen on them.