Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.

Yahweh, God of Israel, you are righteous, for we have been left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, for none can stand before you because of this."

Then Ezra stood and made the leaders of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel, take an oath that they would act in accordance with this proposal; so they took the oath.

Then all the assembly responded with a loud voice: “Yes, we will do as you say!

And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.

After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, official of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired [the wall] as far as [a point] in front of the tombs of David, and as far as the artificial pool and the house of the guards.

Listen, our God, for we are despised. Make their insults return on their own heads and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter remained with me.

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

And from the time forth that it was committed unto me to be a captain in the land of Judah, namely from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of king Artaxerxes - that is twelve years - I and my brethren lived not of such sustenance as was given to a captain:

So I sent messengers to them saying, "I am engaged in an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?"

He was hired for this reason, that I would be frightened and do as he said and sin, so that they would have [grounds to make] a malicious report in order to censure and disgrace me.

And he readeth in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day till the last day, and they make a feast seven days, and on the eighth day a restraint, according to the ordinance.

So their descendants went in and possessed the land:
You subdued the Canaanites who inhabited the land before them
and handed their kings and the surrounding peoples over to them,
to do as they pleased with them.

are laying hold on their brethren, their honourable ones, and coming in to an execration, and in to an oath, to walk in the law of God, that was given by the hand of Moses, servant of God, and to observe and to do all the commands of Jehovah our Lord, and His judgments, and His statutes;

For, the commandment of the king, was upon them, - as to a fixed provision for the singers, the need of a day upon its day.

And over the doorway of Ephraim and by the old door and the fish door and the tower of Hananel and the tower of Hammeah, as far as the sheep door: and at the doorway of the watchmen they came to a stop.

So the two choirs, came to a stand, at the house of God, - and I, and half the deputies with me;

On that day, a portion, was read in the book of Moses, in the ears of the people, - and it was found written therein, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not enter into the convocation of God, unto times age-abiding;

There were no restrictions on the drinking, for the king had instructed every official of his palace to do as each one pleased.

On the seventh day, as the heart of the king is glad with wine, he hath said to Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who are ministering in the presence of the king Ahasuerus,

and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions -- to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided -- to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good place in the house of the women.

She would go in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the supervision of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She never went to the king again, unless he desired her and summoned her by name.

Sometime later King Ahasuerus promoted Hammedatha the Agagite's son Haman, elevating him to a position above all the other officials who were with him.

For if indeed you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and the family of your father will perish. Who knows? [Perhaps] you have come to a royal position for a time such as this."

Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

If I have the king's approval, and if it is the king's pleasure to give me my prayer and do my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast which I will make ready for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.

The king then said to Haman, "Go quickly! Take the clothing and the horse, just as you have described, and do as you just indicated to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king's gate. Don't neglect a single thing of all that you have said."

And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.

as days on which the Jews have rested from their enemies, and the month that hath been turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning to a good day, to make them days of banquet and of joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the needy.

And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

the Jews bound themselves, their descendants, and all who joined with them to a commitment that they would not fail to celebrate these two days each and every year according to the written instructions and according to the time appointed.

These days [are] to be remembered and [are] to be kept in every generation, and in family, province, and city; and these days of Purim are not [to be] neglected among the Jews, and their memory shall not come to an end among their offspring.

And the adversary will answer Jehovah and say, Skin for skin, and all which is to a man he will give for his soul.

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

"Why did I not die at birth? [Why] did I [not] come forth from [the] womb and expire?

There the passions of the evil are over, and those whose strength has come to an end have rest.

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they come to an end.

Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

If their tent-cord is pulled up, do they not come to an end, and without wisdom?

“His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.

Bringing to nought the purposes of the crafty, and their hand shall not do an undertaking.

“He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted.

They meet with darkness in the day-time, and grope in the noon-day as in the night.

To a despiser of his friends is shame, And the fear of the Mighty he forsaketh.

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

"Isn't a man forced to labor on earth? Aren't his days like the days of a hired hand?

"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end {without hope}.

A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.

For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

One thing, there is, for which cause, I have said it, The blameless and the lawless, he bringeth to an end.

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 to a land of darkness and gloom,
never to return.

"Shouldn't a multitude of words be answered, or a person who talks too much be vindicated?

No doubt you have knowledge, and wisdom will come to an end with you.

Will things go well for you under his cross-examination? Can you lie to him, as you would to a human being?

look away from him, so that he may rest until he shall finish his day, as a hireling.

For there is hope of a tree; if it is cut down, it will come to life again, and its branches will not come to an end.

So man goes down to his last resting-place and comes not again: till the heavens come to an end, they will not be awake or come out of their sleep.

Shall not thy vain words come yet to an end? Or, hast thou yet any more to say?

God delivers me to an evil one, and he casts me into the hands of [the] wicked.

My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.

They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

Like the waste from his body he comes to an end for ever: those who have seen him say, Where is he?

He had never enough for his desire; for this cause his well-being will quickly come to an end.

As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?

Their days come to an end without trouble, and suddenly they go down to the underworld.

What will they care for their household after them, when the number of his months comes to an end?"

That to a day of calamity is the wicked spared. To a day of wrath they are brought.

“The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him],
Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave],
While countless ones go before him.

while the land belonged to a powerful man
and an influential man lived on it.

They are wet from mountain rains; without shelter, they cling to a rock.

How hast thou given help to one of no-strength? given victory to an arm of no-power?

He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.

The darkness shall once come to an end: he can seek out the ground of all things; the stones, the dark, and the shadow of death.

With want and with famine gloomy, Those fleeing to a dry place, Formerly a desolation and waste,

Thou art changed to a cruel one to me; with the strength of thy hand thou pursuest me.

A covenant I made for mine eyes, And what -- do I attend to a virgin?

If my steps have turned aside from the way, and my heart has walked after my eyes, and my hand has clung to a spot,

"If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,

Surely, from my youth, he grew up to me, as to a father, and, from my birth, I acted as guide to her:

I have told the number of my goings, and delivered them unto him as to a prince.

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

Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more.

"If there is a messenger beside him, a mediator, one of a thousand, to declare to a human being his uprightness

God certainly does all these things
two or three times to a man

For he has said, It is no profit to a man to take delight in God.

Indeed, he will repay [according to] a human being's deeds, and according to a man's way he will let [it] happen [to] him.

All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?

Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

And He giveth rest, and who maketh wrong? And hideth the face, and who beholdeth it? And in reference to a nation and to a man, It is the same.

Thy injustice to a man as thou: and thy justice to the son of man.

“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.

Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said - that they should turn from iniquity.

And also He moved thee from a strait place, To a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.