Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleWhy should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? Young's Literal Translation Why do ye die, thou and thy people, by sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that doth not serve the king of Babylon? King James Bible Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? Hebrew Whyלָ֤מָּה (lām·māh) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what should you אַתָּ֣ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you and your people וְעַמֶּ֔ךָ (wə·‘am·me·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock die תָמ֙וּתוּ֙ (ṯā·mū·ṯū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 4191: To die, to kill by the sword, בַּחֶ֖רֶב (ba·ḥe·reḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword famine, בָּרָעָ֣ב (bā·rā·‘āḇ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7458: Famine, hunger and plague, וּבַדָּ֑בֶר֙ (ū·ḇad·dā·ḇer) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1698: A pestilence as כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has decreed דִּבֶּ֣ר (dib·ber) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue against אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to any nation הַגּ֕וֹי (hag·gō·w) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts that אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that does not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no serve יַעֲבֹ֖ד (ya·‘ă·ḇōḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave the king מֶ֥לֶךְ (me·leḵ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Babylon? בָּבֶֽל׃ (bā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city |