Esther 9:23 — Compare Translations

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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,
English ASV
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
English Amplified
So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun and as Mordecai had written to them--
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun and as Mordecai had written to them–
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.
English EASY 2024
The Jews agreed to do everything that Mordecai had written in the letters. They had a festival every year to remember what had happened.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai had written to them. And they agreed to continue the celebration they had begun.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
So the Jews followed Mordecai's instructions, and the celebration became an annual custom.
English God's Word - GW 1995
So the Jews accepted as tradition what they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.
English KJV 1611
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
English LSB
Thus the Jews fully accepted what they had started to do and what Mordecai had written to them.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
So the Jews accepted what had begun as tradition, as Mordecai had written to them.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The Jews took upon themselves for the future this observance which they instituted at the written direction of Mordecai.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
So the Jews agreed to continue the celebrating they had started. They kept doing what Mordecai had written to them.
English NIV
So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them.
English NKJ 1982
So the Jews accepted the custom which they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,
English NLT
So the Jews adopted Mordecai's suggestion and began this annual custom.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
So the Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun to do, as Mordecai had written to them.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
So the Jews adopted Mordecai's suggestion and began this annual custom
English Tyndale 1537
And the Jews received it that they had begun to do, and that Mardocheus wrote unto them: