Esther 4:11
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All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
In other translations
All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
Hebrew words
כָּל־kol-allH3605עַבְדֵי'avdei[the] servants ofH5650הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428וְעַם־ve'am-and [the] people ofH5971מְדִינוֹתmedinot[the] provinces ofH4082הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428יוֹדְעִיםyod'im[are] knowingH3045אֲשֶׁר'asherthatH834כָּל־kol-everyH3605אִישׁ'ishmanH376וְאִשָּׁהve'ishahand womanH802אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834יָבוֹא־yavo'-he goesH935אֶל־'el-toH413הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֶל־'el-intoH413הֶחָצֵרhechatzerthe courtH2691הַפְּנִימִיתhapenimit<the> innerH6442אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808יִקָּרֵאyikare'he is summonedH7121אַחַת'achat[is] oneH259דָּתוֹdatolaw hisH1881לְהָמִיתlehamitto put to deathH4191לְבַדlevad<to> apartH905מֵאֲשֶׁרme'asherfrom thatH834יוֹשִׁיט־yoshit-he extendsH3447לוֹloto himהַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שַׁרְבִיטsharvit[the] scepter ofH8275הַזָּהָבhazahav<the> goldH2091וְחָיָהvechayahand he will liveH2421וַאֲנִיva'aniand IH589לֹאlo'notH3808נִקְרֵאתיnikretiI have been summonedH7121לָבוֹאlavo'to goH935אֶל־'el-toH413הַמֶּלֶךְhamelekhthe kingH4428זֶהzehthisH2088שְׁלוֹשִׁיםsheloshimthirtyH7970יוֹם׃yomday[s]H3117
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