Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleIf you say, ‘Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him, Young's Literal Translation But ye say, ‘Why do we pursue after him?’ And the root of the matter hath been found in me. King James Bible But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? Hebrew Ifכִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction you say, תֹ֭אמְרוּ (ṯō·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘How מַה־ (mah-) Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what shall we persecute נִּרְדָּף־ (nir·dāp̄-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute him, ל֑וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew since the root וְשֹׁ֥רֶשׁ (wə·šō·reš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8328: A root of the matter דָּ֝בָ֗ר (dā·ḇār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause lies נִמְצָא־ (nim·ṣā-) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present with him?’ בִֽי׃ (ḇî) Preposition | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew |