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Esther 9:23
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KJ21
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them,
ASV
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
AMP
So the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
AMPC
So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun and as Mordecai had written to them—
BRG
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
CSB
So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.
CSBA
So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them.
CEB
The Jews agreed to continue what they had already begun to do—just what Mordecai had written to them.
CJB
So the Jews took it upon themselves to continue what they had already begun to do, and as Mordekhai had written to them;
CEV
They followed Mordecai's instructions and set aside these two days every year as a time of celebration.
DARBY
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.
DRA
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.
ERV
So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai had written to them. And they agreed to continue the celebration they had begun.
EASY
The Jews agreed to do everything that Mordecai had written in the letters. They had a feast every year to remember what had happened.
EHV
So the Jews completed what they had begun to do and what Mordecai had written to them,
ESV
So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
ESVUK
So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
EXB
So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai had written to them, and ·they agreed to hold the celebration every year [L to continue what they had begun].
GNV
And the Jews promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them,
GW
So the Jews accepted as tradition what they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them.
GNT
So the Jews followed Mordecai's instructions, and the celebration became an annual custom.
HCSB
So the Jews agreed to continue the practice they had begun, as Mordecai had written them to do.
ICB
So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai had written to them. And they agreed to hold the celebration every year.
ISV
So the Jewish people made a tradition out of what they had begun to do and of what Mordecai had written to them,
JUB
And the Jews accepting this began to do as Mordecai had written unto them.
KJV
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
AKJV
And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
LSB
Thus the Jews fully accepted what they had started to do and what Mordecai had written to them.
LEB
And the Jews adopted what they had begun to do and what Mordecai had written to them.
TLB
So the Jews adopted Mordecai’s suggestion and began this annual custom
MSG
And they did it. What started then became a tradition, continuing the practice of what Mordecai had written to them. * * *
MEV
So the Jews accepted what had begun as tradition as Mordecai had written to them.
NOG
So the Jews accepted as tradition what they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them.
NABRE
The Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun doing and what Mordecai had written to them.
NASB
So the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
NASB1995
Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
NCB
So the Jews accepted all that Mordecai had written to them.
NCV
So the Jewish people agreed to do what Mordecai had written to them, and they agreed to hold the celebration every year.
NET
So the Jews committed themselves to continuing what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them.
NIRV
So the Jews agreed to continue the celebrating they had started. They kept doing what Mordecai had written to them.
NIV
So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them.
NIVUK
So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them.
NKJV
So the Jews accepted the custom which they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,
NLV
So the Jews agreed to do what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them.
NLT
So the Jews accepted Mordecai’s proposal and adopted this annual custom.
NRSVA
So the Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun to do, as Mordecai had written to them.
NRSVACE
So the Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun to do, as Mordecai had written to them.
NRSVCE
So the Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun to do, as Mordecai had written to them.
NRSVUE
So the Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun to do, as Mordecai had written to them.
OJB
And the Yehudim undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordechai had written unto them;
RGT
And the Jews promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them,
RSV
So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mor′decai had written to them.
RSVCE
So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mor′decai had written to them.
TLV
So the Jews agreed to continue the commemoration they had begun, and do what Mordecai had written to them.
VOICE
The Jews in every part of the kingdom took Mordecai’s advice and celebrated on the 14th and 15th days of the month of Adar, making it an annual custom.
WEB
The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,
WYC
And the Jews received into a solemn custom all those things, which they began to do in that time, and which things Mordecai had commanded by letters to be done. (And so the Jews undertook as a festive custom all these things, which they began to do at that time, and which Mordecai had commanded in his letters to be done.)
YLT
And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,
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