Verse 16

"Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Gå, samle alle jødene som bor i Sjusan, og hold en faste for meg. Spis ikke og drikk ikke i tre dager, natt eller dag. Jeg og mine piker skal også faste på samme måte. Deretter vil jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er imot loven. Og hvis jeg omkommer, så omkommer jeg.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    "Gå, samle alle jødene som finnes i Susa, og fast for meg. Spis ikke og drikk ikke på tre dager, natt eller dag. Også jeg og mine tjenestepiker skal faste på samme måte. Så vil jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er mot loven. Hvis jeg omkommer, så omkommer jeg."

  • Norsk King James

    Gå, samle alle jødene som er til stede i Susa, og faste for meg; hverken spis eller drikk i tre dager, natt eller dag. Jeg og mine piker vil også faste på lignende måte; så vil jeg gå inn til kongen, som ikke er i samsvar med loven. Hvis jeg dør, så dør jeg.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Gå, samle alle jødene som finnes i Susa, og fast for meg. Spis ikke og drikk ikke på tre dager, natt og dag. Også jeg og mine tjenestejenter vil faste på samme måte. Så vil jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er mot loven, og om jeg går til grunne, så gjør jeg det.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Gå og samle alle jødene som finnes i Susa, og fast for meg. Ikke spis eller drikk i tre dager, natt og dag. Jeg og mine tjenestepiker vil også faste med dere. Så vil jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er imot loven, og hvis jeg skal omkomme, så vil jeg omkomme.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Gå og samle alle jødene som er i Susa og hold faste for meg; ikke spis og ikke drikk på tre dager, natt eller dag. Jeg og mine tjenestepiker skal faste på samme måte. Så skal jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er imot loven, og hvis jeg omkommer, så omkommer jeg.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    «Gå og samle alle jødene som befinner seg i Shushan, og faste for min skyld i tre dager, både dag og natt, uten å spise eller drikke. Jeg skal også faste sammen med mine tjenestepiker, og likevel vil jeg gå til kongen, selv om dette ikke er etter loven. Om jeg omkommer, omkommer jeg.»

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Gå og samle alle jødene som er i Susa og hold faste for meg; ikke spis og ikke drikk på tre dager, natt eller dag. Jeg og mine tjenestepiker skal faste på samme måte. Så skal jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er imot loven, og hvis jeg omkommer, så omkommer jeg.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    «Gå og samle alle jødene som er i Susa, og fast for meg! I tre dager skal dere verken spise eller drikke, natt eller dag. Jeg og mine tjenestepiker vil også faste på samme måte. Så skal jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er imot loven. Og hvis jeg går til grunne, så går jeg til grunne.»

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Go, gather all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants 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.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Gå og samle alle jødene som finnes i Susa, og hold faste for meg. Ikke spis og drikk på tre dager, natt eller dag. Jeg og mine piker vil også faste på samme måte. Så vil jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er mot loven. Hvis jeg da skal omkomme, så får jeg omkomme.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Gak, samle alle Jøderne, de, som findes i Susan, og faster for mig, og I skulle ikke æde, ei heller drikke i tre Dage, Nat og Dag; ogsaa jeg og mine unge Piger ville ligesaa faste, og saaledes vil jeg gaae ind til Kongen, hvilket ikke er efter Loven, og omkommer jeg saa, saa maa jeg omkomme.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Go, gather together all the Jews that are prent 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.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Gå, samle alle jødene som er i Susa, og fast for meg; spis eller drikk ikke i tre dager, natt eller dag. Jeg og mine tjenestepiker vil også faste på samme måte. Så vil jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er imot loven, og hvis jeg omkommer, så omkommer jeg.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Gå og samle alle jødene som er i Susan, og hold faste for meg. Spis eller drikk ingenting i tre dager, natt og dag. Jeg og mine tjenestepiker vil også faste, og så vil jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er mot loven, og om jeg skal omkomme, så gjør jeg det.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    «Gå og kall sammen alle jødene som finnes i Susa, og faste for meg; spis ikke og drikk ikke på tre dager, natt og dag. Også jeg og mine tjenestekvinner skal faste. Deretter vil jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er imot loven, og hvis jeg skal gå til grunne, så går jeg til grunne.»

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Gå og samle alle jødene som finnes i Susan, og hold faste for meg; spis ikke og drikk ikke i tre dager, verken natt eller dag. Jeg og mine terner vil også faste på samme måte, og så vil jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er mot loven. Hvis jeg omkommer, så omkommer jeg.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Gå, samle alle jødene som er i Susa, og fast for meg. Spis og drikk ikke på tre dager, natt eller dag. Jeg og mine tjenestejenter vil også faste. Deretter vil jeg gå inn til kongen, selv om det er imot loven. Hvis det fører til min død, så får det skje.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Go thou yi waye then, & gather together all ye Iewes yt are founde at Susan, & fast ye for me, yt ye eate not & drynke not in thre dayes, nether daye ner nighte. I & my damsels wil fast likewyse, & so wyl I go into the kynge cotrary to the comaundement: yf I perishe, I perishe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Goe, and assemble all the Iewes that are found in Shushan, & fast ye for me, and eate not, nor drinke in three dayes, day nor night. I also and my maydes will fast likewise, and so will I go in to the King, which is not according to the lawe: and if I perish, I perish.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Go thou thy way, and gather together all the Iewes that are founde at Susan, and fast ye for me, that ye eate not and drinke not in three dayes neither day nor night, I and my maydens wyll fast likewyse: and so wyll I go in to the king, which thing yet is contrary to the commaundement: and if I perishe, I perishe.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast you 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 to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `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.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    "Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, 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."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!”

Referenced Verses

  • Joel 2:12-17 : 12 Therefore also now, says the LORD, turn to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning. 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and he repents of the evil. 14 Who knows if he will turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a grain offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God? 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. 16 Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those who nurse at the breast. Let the bridegroom go forth from his chamber, and the bride out of her room. 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But none of these things move me, nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.
  • 2 Chr 20:3 : 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
  • Esth 5:1 : 1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel and stood in the inner court of the king's house, opposite the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, opposite the gate of the house.
  • Isa 22:12 : 12 And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth.
  • Joel 1:14-15 : 14 Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, 15 Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as destruction from the Almighty it shall come.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 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 has spoken of him.
  • Gen 43:14 : 14 And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
  • Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
  • Jonah 3:4-9 : 4 And Jonah began to enter into the city, a day's journey, and he cried out, saying, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least of them. 6 For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not eat, nor drink water. 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we do not perish?
  • Acts 27:33 : 33 And while the day was coming, Paul urged them all to take food, saying, This is the fourteenth day that you have waited and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
  • Rom 16:4 : 4 Who have risked their own necks for my life; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.
  • Phil 2:30 : 30 Because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.
  • 2 Sam 10:12 : 12 Be of good courage, and let us be valiant for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do what seems good to him.
  • Acts 9:9 : 9 And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank.
  • Acts 10:7 : 7 And when the angel who spoke to Cornelius had departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier who waited on him continually;
  • Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
  • Matt 12:40 : 40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
  • Luke 9:24 : 24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
  • 1 Sam 19:5 : 5 For he put his life in his hand, and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel; you saw it, and rejoiced; why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?