Esther 4:16
“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!”
Note Or if I am destroyed, then I will be destroyed!
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.
Note present: Heb. found
“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
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 in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- present
- Heb. found. fast.
- 2 Chronicles 20:3; Isaiah 22:12; Joel 1:14, 15; Joel 2:12–17; Jonah 3:4–9
- eat nor drink
- Esther 5:1; Matthew 12:40; Acts 9:9; Acts 27:33
- I also
- Genesis 18:19; Joshua 24:15; Acts 10:7
- if I perish
- If I lose my life in the attempt to save my people, I shall lose it cheerfully. I see it is my duty to make the attempt; and, come what will, I am resolved to do it.
- Genesis 43:14; 1 Samuel 19:5; 2 Samuel 10:12; Luke 9:24; Acts 20:24; Acts 21:13; Romans 16:4; Philippians 2:30