Esther 9:23

Esther chapter 9 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with scriptural context

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.22as the days wherein the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

v.23This passage

v.24because Haman the 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 consume them, and to destroy them;