Parallel Strong's Berean Study Bible“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish! Young's Literal Translation ‘Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that [is] not according to law, and when I have perished—I have perished.’ King James Bible Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which [is] not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. Hebrew “Goלֵךְ֩ (lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk and assemble כְּנ֨וֹס (kə·nō·ws) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's 3664: To collect, to enfold all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the Jews הַיְּהוּדִ֜ים (hay·yə·hū·ḏîm) Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 3064: Jews -- Jewish who can be found הַֽנִּמְצְאִ֣ים (han·nim·ṣə·’îm) Article | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present in Susa, בְּשׁוּשָׁ֗ן (bə·šū·šān) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7800: Susa -- residence of person kings and fast וְצ֣וּמוּ (wə·ṣū·mū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 6684: To abstain from food, fast for me. עָ֠לַי (‘ā·lay) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against Do not וְאַל־ (wə·’al-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 408: Not eat תֹּאכְל֨וּ (tō·ḵə·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 398: To eat or drink תִּשְׁתּ֜וּ (tiš·tū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 8354: To imbibe day וָי֔וֹם (wā·yō·wm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day or night לַ֣יְלָה (lay·lāh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity for three שְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת (šə·lō·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice days, יָמִים֙ (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day and I אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I and my maidens וְנַעֲרֹתַ֖י (wə·na·‘ă·rō·ṯay) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular Strong's 5291: A girl, maiden will fast אָצ֣וּם (’ā·ṣūm) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 6684: To abstain from food, fast as you do. כֵּ֑ן (kên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus After that, וּבְכֵ֞ן (ū·ḇə·ḵên) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus I will go אָב֤וֹא (’ā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the king, הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ (ham·me·leḵ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4428: A king even though אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that it is against לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no the law, כַדָּ֔ת (ḵad·dāṯ) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1881: A royal edict, statute and if וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר (wə·ḵa·’ă·šer) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I perish, אָבַ֖דְתִּי (’ā·ḇaḏ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish I perish.� אָבָֽדְתִּי׃ (’ā·ḇā·ḏə·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish |