and Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, - and all the things wherein the king had promoted him to power, and how he had advanced him, above the rulers and the servants of the king.

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let them make ready a gallows, of the height of fifty cubits, and, in the morning, speak thou unto the king, that they hang Mordecai thereon, then go with the king into the banquet joyfully. And the thing seemed good before Haman, and he made ready the gallows.

Then said the king, What honour and dignity hath been done unto Mordecai, for this? Then said the king's young men, who were ministering unto him, Nothing hath been done for him.

Then said the king, Who is in the court? Now, Haman, had come into the outer court of the kings house, to speak unto the king, to hang Mordecai, upon the gallows which he had prepared for him.

So the king's young men said unto him, Lo! Haman, standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

So Haman came in, and the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man in whose honour, the king delighteth? Then said Haman, in his own heart, Unto whom will the king delight to do honour, more than unto me?

and let the apparel and the horse be delivered unto the hand of one of the king's rulers, one of the nobles, and so let them array the man, in whose honour, the king, delighteth, - and cause him to ride upon the horse through the broadway of the city, and let them proclaim before him, Thus and thus, shall it be done unto the man in whose honour, the king, delighteth!

So Haman took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, - and caused him to ride through the broadway of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus and thus, shall it be done unto the man in whoso honour, the king, delighteth!

And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife, and unto all his friends, everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men, and Zeresh his wife, unto him, If, of the seed of the Jews, is Mordecai before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt, utterly fall, before him.

While yet they were speaking with him, the eunuchs of the king, had come, - and they hastened to bring Haman, unto the banquet which Esther had prepared.

Now, the king, arising in his wrath from the banquet of wine, and going into the palace garden, Haman, stood to make request for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw that ruin, was determined against him, by the king.

Then said Harbonah - one of the eunuchs before the king - Yea lo! the gallows that Haman made ready for Mordecai, who had spoken well for the king, is standing in Haman's house, of a height of fifty cubits. Then said the king, Hang him thereon.

Yet again, spake Esther before the king, and fell down at his feet, - and wept and made supplication unto him, to cause the mischief of Haman the Agagite to pass away, even the plot which he had plotted against the Jews.

and said - If, unto the king, it seem good, and if I have found favour before him, and the thing be approved before the king, and, I myself, be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written, to reverse the letters plotted by Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy thee Jews, who are in all the provinces of the king.

Then said King Ahasuerus unto Esther the queen, and unto Mordecai the Jew, - Lo! the house of Haman, have I given unto Esther, and, him, have they hanged upon the gallows, because he thrust forth his hand against the Jews.

But, all the acts of his authority, and his might, and the clear story of the promotion of Mordecai, wherewith the king promoted him, are, they, not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one revering God and avoiding evil?

Hast not, thou thyself, made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? The work of his hands, thou hast blessed, and, his substance, hath broken forth in the land.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Hast thou applied thy heart unto my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, one who revereth God, and avoideth evil; and still he is holding fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand, - only, his life, preserve thou!

And he took him a potsherd, to scrape himself therewith; he being seated in the midst of ashes.

Then said his wife unto him, Art thou still holding fast thine integrity? Curse God, and die!

Now when the three friends of Job heard of all this misfortune which had befallen him, - they came, every man from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, - for they had by appointment met together to come to shew sympathy with him, and to comfort him.

And, when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept - and rent, every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads, toward the heavens.

And they sat with him upon the ground, seven days and seven nights, - and none was speaking unto him a word, for they saw that, exceeding great, was the stinging pain.

To a man, whose way is concealed, And GOD hath straitly enclosed him?

Him that was stumbling, have thy words raised up, and, sinking knees, hast thou strengthened.

For, now, ye have come to him, ye see something fearful, and fear.

He shall not return again to his house, and his own place shall be acquainted with him no more.

What is a mortal, that thou shouldst nurture him? Or that thou shouldst fix upon him thy mind?

That thou shouldst inspect him morning by morning, moment by moment, shouldst test him?

Though, thy children, sinned against him, and he delivered them into the hand of their transgression,

If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him saying - I have not seen thee.

If he choose to contend with him, he cannot answer him, one of a thousand:

Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.

Lo! he snatcheth away, who can bring it back? Who shall say unto him, What wouldst thou do?

As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves - the proud helpers.

How much less that, I, should answer him, should choose my words with him?

If it regardeth vigour, bold is he! If justice, who could summon him?

Let him take from off me his rod, and, his terror, let it not startle me:

I could speak, and not be afraid of him, although, not so, am, I, in myself!

If he sweep on, or shut up, or call together, Who then shall hinder him?

For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.

If, thou, hast prepared thy heart, and wilt spread forth, unto him, thy hands -

A laughing-stock to one's neighbour, do I become, one who hath called upon GOD and he hath answered him! A laughing-stock - a righteous man without blame!

At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.

With Him, are wisdom and strength, to Him, pertain counsel and understanding.

With Him, is strength and effective wisdom, to Him, belong he that erreth, and he that causeth to err.

Is it, for God, ye would speak perversely? And, for him, would ye speak deceit:

Even, for him, would ye be partial? Or, for GOD, would ye so plead?

Would it be well, when he searched you out? Or, as one might jest with a mortal, would ye jest, with him?

Shall not, his majesty, overwhelm you? and, the dread of him, fall upon you?

Lo! he may slay me, yet , for him, will I wait, - Nevertheless, my ways - unto his face, will I show to be right:

And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?

If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.

Look sway from him, that he may rest, Till he shall pay off, as a hireling, his day.

Thou dost overpower him utterly, and he departeth, Disfiguring his face, so, hast thou sent him away.

A noise of dreadful things, is in his ears, In prosperity, the destroyer cometh upon him;

Distress and anguish shall startle him, It shall overpower him, like a king ready for the onset:

He used to run against him with uplifted neck, with the stout bosses of his bucklers;

Let no one trust in him that - by vanity - is deceived, for, vanity, shall be his recompense;

GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong.

The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down;

There catcheth him - by the heel - a gin, there holdeth him fast - a noose:

Concealed in the ground is a cord for him, - and a snare for him, on the path.

Round about, terrors have startled him, and have driven him to his feet.

Uprooted, out of his tent, be his confidence, and let it drive him down to the king of terrors;

His memorial, have perished out of the land, and let him have no name over the face of the open field;

Let them thrust him out of light into darkness, Yea, out of the world, let them chase him;

Let him have neither scion nor seed among his people, neither any survivor in his place of sojourn:

Surely, these, are the dwellings of him that is perverse, and, this, is the place of him that knoweth not GOD.

Yea he hath kindled against me his anger, and accounted me towards him like unto his adversaries;

To mine own servant, I called, and he would not answer, With mine own mouth, I kept entreating him;

Surely ye should say - Why should we persecute him? seeing, the root of the matter, is found in me.

Like his own stubble, shall he utterly perish, They who had seen him, shall say, Where is he?

Like a dream, shall he fly away, and they shall not find him, yea he shall be chased away, as a vision of the night.

The eye that hath scanned him, shall not do it again, neither, any more, shall his place behold him:

His bones, are full of youthful vigour, yet, with him - in the dust, shall it lie down.

His food, in his stomach, is changed, the gall of adders, within him!

The poison of adders, shall he suck, The tongue of the viper shall slay him;

Let him not see in the channels the flowings of torrents of honey and milk.

When his abundance is gone, he shall be in straits, All the power of distress, shall come upon him.

It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will thrust at him the glow of his anger, and rain it upon him for his punishment.

He shall flee from the armour of iron, - There shall pierce him, a bow of bronze!

He hath drawn it out, and it hath come forth out of his back, - yea the flashing arrow-head, out of his gall, There shall march on him - terrors:

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and, the earth, be rising up against him:

This, is the portion of the lawless man, from God, and the inheritance decreed him from the Mighty One.

What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? Or what shall we profit, that we should urge him?

Shall, GOD, reserve, for his children, his sorrow? Let him recompense him so that he may know it;

For what shall be his pleasure in his house after him, when, the number of his months, is cut in twain?

Who can declare - to his face - his way? And, what, he, hath done, who shall recompense to him?

Pleasant to him are the mounds of the torrent-bed, - and, after him, doth every man march, as, before him, there were without number.

A man of might, to him, pertaineth the land, and, the favorite, dwelleth therein:

Dark clouds, are a veil to him, and he cannot see, or, the vault of the heavens, doth he walk?

Shew thyself to be one with him - I pray thee - and prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing.

Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay;

When men cast themselves down, then thou shalt say: Up! And, him that is of downcast eyes, shall he save;