Parallel Verses
Amplified
So the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
New American Standard Bible
Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
King James Version
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Holman Bible
So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.
International Standard Version
So the Jewish people made a tradition out of what they had begun to do and of what Mordecai had written to them,
A Conservative Version
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them,
American Standard Version
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Bible in Basic English
And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;
Darby Translation
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.
Julia Smith Translation
And the Jews admitting what they began to do, and what Mordecai wrote to them.
King James 2000
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the Jews adopted what they had begun to do and what Mordecai had written to them.
Modern King James verseion
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the Jews received it that they had begun to do, and that Mordecai wrote unto them:
NET Bible
So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them.
New Heart English Bible
The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them;
The Emphasized Bible
And the Jews took upon them that which they had begun to do, - and that which Mordecai had written unto them;
Webster
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;
World English Bible
The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them;
Youngs Literal Translation
And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 9:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Feast Of Purim
22 because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and as the month which was turned for them from grief to joy and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending choice portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor. 23 So the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them. 24 For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, [to find the right time] to disturb and destroy them.