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Esther 4:16

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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.

Go {H3212}, gather together {H3664} all the Jews {H3064} that are present {H4672} in Shushan {H7800}, and fast {H6684} ye for me, and neither eat {H398} nor drink {H8354} three {H7969} days {H3117}, night {H3915} or day {H3117}: I also and my maidens {H5291} will fast {H6684} likewise; and so {H3651} will I go {H935} in unto the king {H4428}, which is not according to the law {H1881}: and if I perish {H6}, I perish {H6}.

"Go, assemble all the Jews to be found in Shushan, and have them fast for me, neither eating nor drinking for three days, night and day; also I and the girls attending me will fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."

“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!”

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.

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Cross-References

  • Acts 20:24 (15 votes)

    But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:3 (14 votes)

    And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

  • Luke 9:24 (11 votes)

    For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

  • Joel 2:12 (11 votes)

    ¶ Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye [even] to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

  • Joel 2:17 (11 votes)

    Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God?

  • Genesis 18:19 (7 votes)

    For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

  • Joshua 24:15 (4 votes)

    ¶ And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that [were] on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.