And of their sons, half are speaking Ashdoditish -- and are not knowing to speak Jewish -- and according to the language of people and people.

Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.

At the end of this time, the king held a week-long banquet in the garden courtyard of the royal palace for all the people, from the greatest to the least, who were present in the fortress of Susa.

There were hangings of white cloth , of green, and of blue, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and white, and yellow, and black marble.

And on the seventh day, when the king was merry of the wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas - the seven chamberlains that did service in the presence of king Ahasuerus -

And the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and of the princes, and the king doth according to the word of Memucan,

and he is supporting Hadassah -- she is Esther -- daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman is of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.

And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her -- according to the law of the women -- twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women,

In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.

In the first month, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, from day to day and from month to month they went on looking for a sign given by Pur (that is chance) before Haman, till the sign came out for the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.

And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

And on the third day put Esther on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's palace within, over against the king's house. And the king sat upon his royal seat in the king's palace over against the gate of the house.

When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she met with his approval. The king extended to Esther the gold scepter that was in his hand, and Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter.

Then went Haman forth on that day, joyful and of a merry heart, - but, when Haman saw Mordecai in the gate of the king, that he rose not up nor moved because of him, then was Haman filled with wrath against Mordecai.

But Haman restrained himself and went on to his home. He then sent for his friends to join him, along with his wife Zeresh.

let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set:

And Esther saith, 'The man -- adversary and enemy -- is this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.

since great was Mordecai, in the house of the king, and, his fame, was going forth throughout all the provinces, - for, the man Mordecai, went on waxing great.

ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, adversary of the Jews, they have slain, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand.

And the Jews who are in Shushan are assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they slay in Shushan three hundred men, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand.

And the rest of the Jews, who are in the provinces of the king, have been assembled, even to stand for their life, and to rest from their enemies, and to slay among those hating them five and seventy thousand, and on the prey they have not put forth their hand;

On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

So the Jewish people made a tradition out of what they had begun to do and of what Mordecai had written to them,

Wherefore they called these days Purim, after the name of Pur. Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come unto them,

the Jews established, and imposed on themselves, and on their descendants, and on all those who joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to what was written, and according to its appointed time, every year;

to establish these days of Purim, in their seasons, as Mordecai the Jew hath established on them, and Esther the queen, and as they had established on themselves, and on their seed -- matters of the fastings, and of their cry.

King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) imposed a tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.

By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

For like as a bond servant desireth the shadow, and as a hireling would fain have an end of his work:

So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:

Is it good for Thee that Thou dost oppress? That Thou despisest the labour of Thy hands, And on the counsel of the wicked hast shone?

Shall not my short life come so soon to an end? O hold thee from me, let me alone, that I may ease myself a little

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shades of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth
And makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.

And on the contrary, ye devise falsehood; physicians all of you for nothing.

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

“Should a wise man [such as you] utter such windy and vain knowledge [as we have just heard]
And fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]?

"He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.

Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

That he would maintain the right of a man with God, And of a son of man with his neighbor!

Verily there are mockers, with me! And, on their insults, mine eye doth rest.

How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

Whom I, even I, will see for myself,
And my eyes will see Him and not another!
My heart faints within me.

"It will come about that, when he has filled himself to the full, God will vent his burning anger on him; he will pour it out on him and on his body.

All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.

How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

His own eyes see his destruction, And of the wrath of the Mighty he drinketh.

See, I am conscious of your thoughts, and of your violent purposes against me;

So as to set on the dust a defence, And on a rock of the valleys a covering.

And thou decreest a saying, And it is established to thee, And on thy ways hath light shone.

“For He performs what is planned (appointed) for me,
And He is mindful of many such things.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

Is their any number to His troops? And on whom ariseth not His light?

He marked out with a compass the law upon the face of the waters, even till the end of light with darkness..

By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

Man'setteth an end to darkness, And searcheth out, to the furthest bound, The stones of obscurity and of thick darkness.

God has knowledge of the way to it, and of its resting-place;

for he himself looks to [the] end of the earth; he sees under all the heaven.

After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,

So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.

They come like those who breach through a wall; as everything crashes around me they'll roll on and on!

Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?

Surely, a fire, had that been, which, unto destruction, would have consumed, and, of all mine increase, had it torn up the root.

If I despise the cause of my man-servant, And of my handmaid, In their contending with me,

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

For when I had waited till ye made an end of your talking, and heard your wisdom, what arguments you made in your communication;

Fear has overcome them, they have no more answers to give; they have come to an end of words.

Then, uncovereth he the ear of men, and, on their correction, affixeth a seal;

Hear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.

of such an ungodly person as thou, and of the son of man that is righteous - as thou pretendest to be?

And Elihu went on to say,

He governeth everything under the heaven, and his light reacheth unto the end of the world.

Which I have reserved for a time of distress, for the day of conflict and of war?

To bring rain on the uninhabited land,
And on the desert where no man lives,

Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for want of food.

For she leaveth on the earth her eggs, And on the dust she doth warm them,

When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

On the rock is his house, and on the mountain-top his strong place.

So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

And so he died, being old and of a perfect age.

But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.

Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

Thou wilt destroy them who speak falsehood, - The man of bloodshed and of deceit, Yahweh abhorreth.

Return doth his perverseness on his head, And on his crown his violence cometh down.

His ways prosper at all times;
Your judgments [Lord] are on high, out of his sight [so he never thinks about them];
As for all his enemies, he sneers at them.

He says to himself, “I will not be moved;
For throughout all generations I will not be in adversity [for nothing bad will happen to me].”