Esther 9:23

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;

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

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.

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 And Mordecai wrote these things, - and sent letters unto all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, near, and far off; ²¹ to establish for them, that they should continue to observe the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day thereof, - always year by year; ²² according to the days wherein the Jews found rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned for them, from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a happy day, - that they should make them days of banqueting and rejoicing, and of sending portions, every one to his neighbour, and gifts, unto the needy. ²³ And the Jews took upon them that which they had begun to do, - and that which Mordecai had written unto them; ²⁴ because, Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews, to cause them to perish, - and had cast Pur, the same, is the Lot, to terrify them, and to destroy them; ²⁵ but, by Esther's going in before the king, he commanded by letter, that his wicked plot which he had plotted against the Jews, should return, upon his own head, - and that he and his sons should be hanged upon the gallows. ²⁶ For this cause, called they these days Purim, after the name Pur, for this cause, - for all the words of this epistle, - and what they had seen concerning such a matter, and what had reached unto them. ²⁷ The Jews established and took upon themselves - and upon their seed, and upon all who should join themselves unto them, that it might not pass away, that they would continue to keep these two days, according to the writing concerning them and at their set time, - always year by year. ²⁸ And, these days, were to be remembered and to be kept, always from generation to generation, by every family, every province, and every city, - that, these days of Purim, should not pass away, out of the midst of the Jews, and, the memorial of them, not cease from their seed. ²⁹ Then wrote Esther the queen daughter of Abihail and Mordecai the Jew, with all authority, - to confirm this second epistle concerning the Purim;

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Cross-References

Exodus 20:12
Honour thy father, and thy mother, - that thy days may be prolonged upon the soil, which Yahweh thy God is about to give unto thee.

Leviticus 19:32
Before a hoary head, shalt thou rise up, And shalt honour the presence of an elder, - So shalt thou stand in awe of thy God - I, am Yahweh.

Romans 13:7
Render unto all their dues, - unto whom tribute, tribute, unto whom tax, tax, unto whom fear, fear, unto whom honour, honour.

Galatians 6:1
Brethren! if a man should even be overtaken in any fault, ye, the spiritual, be restoring such a one, in a spirit of meekness, looking to thyself, lest, even thou, be put to the test.

1 Timothy 5:1
An elderly man, do not thou reprimand, but beseech him, as though he were thy father, - younger men, as brothers,

1 Timothy 5:17
Let, the well presiding elders, of double honour, be accounted worthy, especially they who toil in discourse and teaching;

1 Timothy 5:19
Against an elder, entertain not, an accusation, except at, the mouth of two, or three, witnesses;

1 Peter 2:17
Unto all men, give honour, unto the brotherhood, shew love, unto God, give reverence, the king, hold in honour.

1 Peter 4:8
Before all things, keeping, fervent, your love, among yourselves, because, love, covereth a multitude of 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.