and twenty bowls of gold, of a thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright brass, precious as gold.

For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.

And I said to them, We have given whatever we were able to give, to make our brothers the Jews free, who were servants and prisoners of the nations: and would you now give up your brothers for a price, and are they to become our property? Then they said nothing, answering not a word.

And thou wilt give them into the hand of their adversaries, and they will press upon them: and in the time of their straits they will cry to thee, and thou wilt hear from the heavens; and according to thy many compassion thou wilt give to them saviours, and they will save them from the hand of their adversaries.

And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez;

All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men.

And when the time came for the wall of Jerusalem to be made holy, they sent for the Levites out of all their places to come to Jerusalem, to keep the feast with joy, and with praise and melody, with brass and corded instruments of music.

In those days I saw in Judah [people] treading the wine press on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps [of grain] and loading them on donkeys along with wine, grapes and figs, and every kind of burden and bringing [it all] to Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath. And I warned them at that time against selling food.

In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)

Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

If to the king it be good, there goeth forth a royal word from before him, and it is written with the laws of Persia and Media, and doth not pass away, that Vashti doth not come in before the king Ahasuerus, and her royalty doth the king give to her companion who is better than she;

And the king will remove the signet ring from his hand, and will give it to Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, to press the Jews.

And the letters were sent by postal riders into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, on the thirteenth of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take what they owned for a prize.

For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.

In them the king granted the Jews in every city to gather themselves, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to kill and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province who desired to attack them, little ones and women, and to take what they owned for a prize,

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?

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass?

No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child
and negotiate a price to sell your friend.

Is it good to You that You should press down, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine on the counsel of the wicked?

If a man informs on his friends for a price,
the eyes of his children will fail.

He shall flee from the iron weapon, And the bow of brass shall strike him through.

They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.

It may not be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the onyx of great price, or the sapphire.

Gold and glass are not equal to it in price, and it may not be exchanged for jewels of the best gold.

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Then the angel is gracious to him, and says,
‘Spare him from going down to the pit [of destruction];
I have found a ransom [a consideration, or reason for redemption, an atonement]!’

Yea, by filling He doth press out a cloud, Scatter a cloud doth His light.

Brace yourself like a man, for I will question you, then you answer me!

And she forgetteth that a foot may press it, And a beast of the field tread it down.

"Now brace yourself like a man. I will question you, and you will answer me.

His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

The flaps of his flesh adhered: it will press upon him; it will not be moved.

His heart will press as a stone; and it will press as the under millstone.

He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

He teacheth my hands to war; So that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.

Like godless jesters at a feast,
They gnashed at me with their teeth [in malice].

For thine arrows came down upon me, and thy hand will press down upon me.

A word of Belial will press upon him: and when he lay down, he will not add to rise up.

Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price.

Truly, no man may get back his soul for a price, or give to God the payment for himself;

For the ransom of his soul is too costly,
And he should cease trying forever—

To the overseer for the silent dove of those far off: to David, a poem in the rovers taking him in Gath. Compassionate me, O God, for man panted after me; warring all the day, he will press me.

The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was given as a servant for a price:

And their enemies will press them, and they shall be humbled under their hand.

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.

Be surety for Your servant for good; let not the proud press me down.

Thou didst press me behind and before, and thou wilt place thine hand upon me.

Let them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.

Give him praise with instruments of brass and in the dance: give him praise with horns and corded instruments.

Give him praise with the loud brass: give him praise with the high-sounding brass.

Goods of great price will be ours, our houses will be full of wealth;

“Prize wisdom [and exalt her], and she will exalt you;
She will honor you if you embrace her.

Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, since you have come into the hand of your neighbor. Go, humble yourself. Press your plea with your neighbor.

For [the] price of a woman, a prostitute, [is the] price of a loaf of bread, but the {woman belonging to a man} hunts precious life.

He who keeps back grain will be cursed by the people; but a blessing will be on the head of him who lets them have it for a price.

An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.

Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.

The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.

Do not rob the poor, because he is poor; nor press down the afflicted in the gate;

The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.

Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

After looking at a field with care, she gets it for a price, planting a vine-garden with the profit of her work.

She makes linen robes and gets a price for them, and traders take her cloth bands for a price.

A good name is better than oil of great price, and the day of death than the day of birth.

Much water may not put out love, or the deep waters overcome it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be judged a price not great enough.

Upright acts will be the price of Zion's forgiveness, and by righteousness will men be living there.

And he fenceth it, and casteth out its stones, And planteth it with a choice vine, And buildeth a tower in its midst, And also a wine press hath hewn out in it, And he waiteth for the yielding of grapes, And it yieldeth bad ones!

In that day will the Lord take away the hair of the head and of the feet, as well as the hair of the face, with a blade got for a price from the other side of the River; even with the king of Assyria.

Then it will happen on that day that the Lord
Will again acquire with His hand a second time
The remnant of His people, who will remain,
From Assyria, from [Lower] Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush (Ethiopia), from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Aram],
And from the coastlands bordering the [Mediterranean] Sea.

And the jealousy of Ephraim was removed, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not press upon Ephraim.

A hard vision was announced to me: The spoiler spoiled, and he laying waste, laid waste. Go up, O Elam: press, O Media; all her sighing I caused to cease.

For they have fled from the swords,
From the drawn sword, from the bent bow
And from the press of battle and grief of war.

For this cause, I said - Look away from me, Bitterly, will I weep, - Do not press to comfort me,

And Persia carried the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield.

And it will be the same for the people as for the priest; for the servant as for his master; and for the woman-servant as for her owner; the same for the one offering goods for a price as for him who takes them; the same for him who gives money at interest and for him who takes it; the same for him who lets others have the use of his property as for those who make use of it.

Therefore through this Jacob’s iniquity will be forgiven;
And this will be the full price of the pardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When Asherim and incense altars will not stand.

No lion will be there, or any cruel beast; they will not be seen there; but those for whom the Lord has given a price,

And Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs, and let them press it over the boil, that he may recover.

Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him.

But this is a people robbed and spoiled; all of them snared in holes, and they are hidden in prison-houses; they have been taken, and none delivers them; a prize, and none says, Give back.

But now, this is what the Lord, your Creator says, O Jacob,
And He who formed you, O Israel,
“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you [from captivity];
I have called you by name; you are Mine!

For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your saviour; I have given Egypt as a price for you, Ethiopia and Seba for you.

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:

I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.

Because of this evil will come on you, which may not be turned away for any price: and trouble will overtake you, from which no money will give salvation: destruction will come on you suddenly, without your knowledge.

Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;

“Assemble, all of you, and listen!
Who among them [the idols and Chaldean astrologers] has declared these things?
The Lord loves him (Cyrus of Persia); he will do His pleasure and purpose against Babylon,
And his arm will be against the Chaldeans [who reign in Babylon].

For thy wastes and thy desolations, and the land of thy destruction, for now it shall press for the inhabitants, and they swallowing thee up were far away.

For the Lord says, You were given for nothing, and you will be made free without price.

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.

Why is Your apparel red,
And Your garments like the one who treads in the wine press?

-- 'A wine-press I have trodden by myself, And of the peoples there is no one with me, And I tread them in mine anger, And I trample them in my fury, Sprinkled is their strength on my garments, And all my clothing I have polluted.