Esther · אֶסְתֵּר

Esther 4:11

כָּל עַבְדֵ֣י הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ וְעַם מְדִינ֣וֹת הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ יֹדְעִ֡ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר כָּל אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֡ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָב֣וֹא אֶל הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֶל הֶחָצֵ֣ר הַפְּנִ֡ימִית אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹ֣א יִקָּרֵ֡א אַחַ֣ת דָּת֣וֹ לְהָמִ֣ית לְבַ֡ד מֵאֲשֶׁ֣ר יֹושִׁ֣יט ל֣וֹ הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת שַׁרְבִ֣יט הַזָּ֣הָב וָחָ֑י וַאֲנִ֗י לֹ֥א נִקְרֵ֛אתִי לָב֥וֹא אֶל הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ זֶ֥ה שְׁלוֹשִׁ֖ים יֽוֹם׃
kal ʿabdey hamelek vʿam mdiynvot hamelek yodʿiym ʾasher kal ʾiysh vʾishah ʾasher yabvoʾ ʾel hamelek ʾel heḥaṣer hapniymiyt ʾasher loʾ yiqareʾ ʾaḥat datvo lhamiyt lbad meʾasher yovshiyṭ lvo hamelek ʾet sharbiyṭ hazahab vaḥay vaʾaniy loʾ niqreʾtiy labvoʾ ʾel hamelek zeh shlvoshiym yvom
King James Version (KJV)

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.

Modern English

All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.

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