Esther 9:23 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional So the Jews adopted as a custom what they had begun to do, as Mordecai had written to them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun and as Mordecai had written to them– American Standard Version (1901) And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; Common English Bible The Jews agreed to continue what they had already begun to do—just what Mordecai had written to them. Catholic Public Domain Version Esther answered him, "My petition and prayer is this: English Standard Version 2016 So the Jews accepted what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them. |
as the days on which the Jews gained relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor.
Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur—that is “the lot”—to crush and destroy them;