Esther 9:23

New Century Version

So the Jewish people agreed to do what Mordecai had written to them, and they agreed to hold the celebration every year.

Parallel Translations

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

Hebrew Names Version
The Yehudim undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordekhai had written to them;

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

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

New English Translation
So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to 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.

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

World English Bible
The Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Iewes promised to do as they had begun, & as Mordecai had written vnto them,

Legacy Standard Bible
Thus the Jews fully accepted what they had started to do and what Mordecai had written to them.

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

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

Complete Jewish Bible
So the Jews took it upon themselves to continue what they had already begun to do, and as Mordekhai had written to them;

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

Easy-to-Read Version
So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai had written to them. And they agreed to continue the celebration they had begun.

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

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

Lexham English Bible
And the Jews adopted what they had begun to do and what Mordecai had written to them.

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

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the Iewes receaued it that they had begonne to do, and that Mardocheus wrote vnto 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;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Iewes promised to do as they had begunne, and as Mardocheus had written vnto them:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the Jews took upon them to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

King James Version (1611)
And the Iewes vndertooke to doe, as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Jews consented to this accordingly as Mardochaeus wrote to them,

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe the Jewis resseyueden in to solempne custom alle thingis, whiche thei bigunnen to do in that tyme, and whiche thingis Mardochee hadde comaundid bi lettris to be doon.

Update Bible Version
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;

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

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

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

New Life Bible
So the Jews agreed to do what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

New Revised Standard
So the Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun to do, as Mordecai had written to them.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the Jews took upon them that which they had begun to do, - and that which Mordecai had written unto them;

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.

Revised Standard Version
So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mor'decai had 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,

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New American Standard Bible (1995)
Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.

Contextual Overview

²⁰ Mordecai wrote down everything that had happened. Then he sent letters to all the Jewish people in all the empire of King Xerxes, far and near. ²¹ He told them to celebrate every year on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar, ²² because that was when the Jewish people got rid of their enemies. They were also to celebrate it as the month their sadness was turned to joy and their crying for the dead was turned into celebration. He told them to celebrate those days as days of joyful feasting and as a time for giving food to each other and presents to the poor. ²³ So the Jewish people agreed to do what Mordecai had written to them, and they agreed to hold the celebration every year. ²⁴ Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, was the enemy of all the Jewish people. He had made an evil plan against the Jewish people to destroy them, and he had thrown the Pur (that is, the lot) to choose a day to ruin and destroy them. ²⁵ But when the king learned of the evil plan, he sent out written orders that the evil plans Haman had made against the Jewish people would be used against him. And those orders said that Haman and his sons should be hanged on the platform. ²⁶ So these days were called Purim, which comes from the word "Pur" (the lot). Because of everything written in this letter and what they had seen and what happened to them, ²⁷ the Jewish people set up this custom. They and their descendants and all those who join them are always to celebrate these two days every year. They should do it in the right way and at the time Mordecai had ordered them in the letter. ²⁸ These two days should be remembered and celebrated from now on in every family, in every state, and in every city. These days of Purim should always be celebrated by the Jewish people, and their descendants should always remember to celebrate them, too. ²⁹ So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote this second letter about Purim. Using the power they had, they wrote to prove the first letter was true.

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Cross-References

Exodus 20:12
"Honor your father and your mother so that you will live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is going to give you.

Leviticus 19:32
"‘Show respect to old people; stand up in their presence. Show respect also to your God. I am the Lord .

Romans 13:7
Pay everyone, then, what you owe. If you owe any kind of tax, pay it. Show respect and honor to them all.

Galatians 6:1
Brothers and sisters, if someone in your group does something wrong, you who are spiritual should go to that person and gently help make him right again. But be careful, because you might be tempted to sin, too.

1 Timothy 5:1
Do not speak angrily to an older man, but plead with him as if he were your father. Treat younger men like brothers,

1 Timothy 5:17
The elders who lead the church well should receive double honor, especially those who work hard by speaking and teaching,

1 Timothy 5:19
Do not listen to someone who accuses an elder, without two or three witnesses.

1 Peter 2:17
Show respect for all people: Love the brothers and sisters of God's family, respect God, honor the king.

1 Peter 4:8
Most importantly, love each other deeply, because love will cause people to forgive each other for many sins.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them. They engaged to keep these two days as festivals annually, as they had at this time done; not in a religious but in a civil way, not as parts of religious worship, and as additions to and innovations of the law, but by way of commemoration of a civil benefit which they had received; and yet we find in later times that this was scrupled by some as an innovation; for we are told r that there were eighty five elders, and more than thirty of them prophets, who were distressed about this matter, fearing it was an innovation.

r T. Hieros. Megillah. fol. 70. 4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Esther 9:23. The Jews undertook to do as they had begun — They had already kept the fifteenth day, and some of them in the country the fourteenth also, as a day of rejoicing: Mordecai wrote to them to bind themselves and their successors, and all their proselytes, to celebrate this as an annual feast throughout all their generations; and this they undertook to do. And it has been observed among them, in all places of their dispersion, from that day to the present time, without any interruption.