Esther 9:23
Modern Translations
New International Version
So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them.

New Living Translation
So the Jews accepted Mordecai’s proposal and adopted this annual custom.

English Standard Version
So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

Berean Study Bible
So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.

New American Standard Bible
So the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

NASB 1995
Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

NASB 1977
Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

Amplified Bible
So the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

Christian Standard Bible
So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.

Contemporary English Version
They followed Mordecai's instructions and set aside these two days every year as a time of celebration.

Good News Translation
So the Jews followed Mordecai's instructions, and the celebration became an annual custom.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So the Jews accepted as tradition what they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them.

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,

NET Bible
So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

New King James Version
So the Jews accepted the custom which they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,

King James 2000 Bible
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

New Heart English Bible
The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them;

World English Bible
The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them;

American King James 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;

A Faithful Version
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them,

Darby Bible Translation
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.

English Revised Version
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And the Iewes promised to do as they had begun, & as Mordecai had written vnto them,

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And the Iewes promised to do as they had begunne, and as Mardocheus had written vnto them:

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And the Iewes receaued it that they had begonne to do, and that Mardocheus wrote vnto them:
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai has written to them,

Young's Literal Translation
And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,

Smith's Literal Translation
And the Jews admitting what they began to do, and what Mordecai wrote to them.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be done.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the Jews accepted as a solemn ritual all the things which they had begun to do at that time, which Mordecai had commanded with letters to be done.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the Jews took upon themselves that which they began to do, and the thing that Murdacai had written

Lamsa Bible
And the Jews took upon them selves to do as they had begun and as Mordecai had written them;

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the Jews took upon them to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the Jews consented to this accordingly as Mardochaeus wrote to them,
















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