EST 9:23 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) The Jews had already celebrated those days that way, so they readily agreed to do what Mordekai had written.

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And the Jews accepted what they had begun to do and what Mordecai had written to them.

UST The Jews were already celebrating those days that way. So they readily agreed to do what Mordecai had instructed them to do.

BSB § So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.

OEB So what the Jews had begun to do they adopted as a custom, just as Mordecai had written to them.

WEBBE The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them.

LSV And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai has written to them,

FBV The Jews agreed to continue what they had already started doing, following what Mordecai had written to them.

T4T So the Jews agreed to do what Mordecai wrote. They agreed to celebrate on those days every year.

LEB And the Jews adopted what they had begun to do and what Mordecai had written to them.

BBE And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;

Moff No Moff EST book available

JPS And the Jews took upon them 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;

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.

YLT And the Jews have received that which they had begun to do, and that which Mordecai hath written unto them,

Drby And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them.

RV And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

Wbstr And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them;

KJB-1769 And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

KJB-1611 And the Iewes vndertooke to doe, as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them:
(And the Yews undertooke to do, as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them:)

Bshps And the Iewes promised to do as they had begunne, and as Mardocheus had written vnto them:
(And the Yews promised to do as they had begunne, and as Mordecai had written unto them:)

Gnva And the Iewes promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written vnto them,
(And the Yews promised to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them, )

Cvdl And the Iewes receaued it that they had begonne to do, and that Mardocheus wrote vnto them:
(And the Yews received it that they had begonne to do, and that Mordecai wrote unto them:)

Wycl 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.
(Forsothe the Yews received in to solemn custom all things, which they began to do in that time, and which things Mordecai had commanded by lettris to be doon.)

Luth Und die Juden nahmen‘s an, das sie angefangen hatten zu tun, und das Mardachai zu ihnen schrieb:
(And the Yuden nahmen‘s an, the they/she/them angefangen hatten to do/put, and the Mardachai to to_them schrieb:)

ClVg Susceperuntque Judæi in solemnem ritum cuncta quæ eo tempore facere cœperant, et quæ Mardochæus litteris facienda mandaverat.
(Susceperuntque Yudæi in solemnem ritum cuncta which eo tempore facere cœperant, and which Mardochæus litteris facienda mandaverat. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Purim

The Festival of Purim is the only Old Testament festival not established during the time of Moses. Its name is derived from a word that means lots or dice (Hebrew purim, derived from Akkadian puru). It was a common practice in the ancient world to cast purim to determine whether God favored a particular course of action: A good number would indicate God’s approval, a bad number his disapproval. Near the king’s throne room at Susa in Persia, archaeologists found a small four-sided object with a number engraved on each side. A similar die inscribed with the word pur dates to the 800s BC. In the book of Esther, the Persian astrologers used purim to establish the best time to slaughter the Jews (Esth 3:7).

On the fateful day—March 7, 473 BC—God miraculously rescued his people from certain death, just as he had rescued the nation from Egypt at the Passover. Mordecai and Esther therefore formalized an annual celebration of God’s rescue so that all future generations would remember what God had accomplished (9:28). The festival was widely celebrated thereafter among Jews (see 2 Maccabees 15:36; Josephus, Antiquities 11.6.13; perhaps John 5:1).

When God rescued his chosen people, the day for Jewish execution turned into a day of holy vengeance and was followed by a day of celebration. Today, Jewish people fast and pray to commemorate Esther’s fasting. This fast is then followed by Purim, which is celebrated on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar (occurring in February or March). On this joyous holiday Jews read Esther (with loud boos for Haman and hoorays for Mordecai) and have a time of feasting and rejoicing, with gifts for friends and for the poor. It is a celebration of how God providentially worked to care for his people so that they were not exterminated (9:1-17) and of how God continues to care for, provide for, and save his people (see also Gen 45:5; Ps 91; Prov 16:9, 33; Dan 2:21; Acts 1:6-7; 2:22-23; 4:28-30; 17:24-27; Rom 8:28; 1 Pet 3:12).

Passages for Further Study

Esth 9:1-32; Pss 37:23; 91:1-16; Prov 16:9, 33; Rom 8:28; 1 Pet 3:12

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠קִבֵּל֙ & אֲשֶׁר־כָּתַ֥ב מָרְדֳּכַ֖י אֲלֵי⁠הֶֽם

and,adopted & which/who (Some words not found in UHB: and,adopted the,Jews DOM which/who begun for=doing and=DOM which/who written Mārəddəkay to,them )

The implication seems to be that the Jews were glad to do what Mordecai had instructed, because they had already been doing it. You can add a word such as “readily” to indicate this.

וְ⁠קִבֵּל֙

and,adopted

Alternate translation: “agreed”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / events

אֲשֶׁר־הֵחֵ֖לּוּ לַ⁠עֲשׂ֑וֹת

which/who begun for=doing

You can put this information first, to present the events in logical and chronological order. Alternate translation: “the Jews were already celebrating those days that way”

Parallel EST 9:23