Esther 9:23 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;”
Esther 9:23 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Esther 9:23 in 6 Bible Translations
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Esther 9:23 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,”
Esther 9:23 — World English Bible
Esther 9:23 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; ”
Esther 9:23 — American Standard Version
Esther 9:23 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,”
Esther 9:23 — Young's Literal Translation
Esther 9:23 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them. ”
Esther 9:23 — Darby Translation
Esther 9:23 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And the Iewes promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them,”
Esther 9:23 — Geneva Bible
Esther 9:23 in Context — Esther 9
21 To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,
22 As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
23 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;
24 Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;
25 But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
What Does Esther 9:23 Mean?
Esther 9:23 is a verse from the Book of Esther, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Esther chapter 9. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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