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

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

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

JPS: And the Jews took upon them to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

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

WEB: The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them;

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