Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer:

But controlling himself, he went to his house; and he sent for his friends and Zeresh, his wife.

That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,

And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:

So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.

Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, the king's scribes were sent for; and everything ordered by Mordecai was put in writing and sent to the Jews and the captains and the rulers and the chiefs of all the divisions of the kingdom from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven divisions, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and their language.

The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:

In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force,

And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, near and far,

Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.

And he sent letters to all the Jews in the hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with true words of peace,

His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them.

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.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.

For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

Then you send dreams to me, and visions of fear;

If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.

Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?

That you would send new witnesses against me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me.

Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;

At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.

You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.

A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,

They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.

You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves

For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.

For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;

Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.

Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?

Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?

Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

Let there be fear in your hearts, and do no sin; have bitter feelings on your bed, but make no sound. (Selah.)

My voice will come to you in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I send my prayer to you, and keep watch.

You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.

Send them to destruction, O Lord; let their evil designs be the cause of their fall; let them be forced out by all their sins; because they have gone against your authority.

For you, Lord, will send a blessing on the upright man; your grace will be round him, and you will be his strength.

O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.

You have said sharp words to the nations, you have sent destruction on the sinners, you have put an end to their name for ever and ever.

See, the bows of the evil-doers are bent, they make ready their arrows on the cord, so that they may send them secretly against the upright in heart.

On the evil-doer he will send down fire and flames, and a burning wind; with these will their cup be full.

Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

I will send up my cry to the Lord, who is to be praised; so will I be made safe from those who are against me.

He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.

He sent from on high, he took me, pulling me out of great waters.

There are no words or language; their voice makes no sound.

May he send you help from the holy place, and give you strength from Zion;

They sent up their cry to you and were made free: they put their faith in you and were not put to shame.

Be a saviour to your people, and send a blessing on your heritage: be their guide, and let them be lifted up for ever.

For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

Let them be like dust from the grain before the wind; let the angel of the Lord send them in flight.

I made no sound, I said no word, even of good; and I was moved with sorrow.

But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

O send out your light and your true word; let them be my guide: let them take me to your holy hill, and to your tents.

But now you have sent us away from you, and put us to shame; you do not go out with our armies.

The nations were angry, the kingdoms were moved; at the sound of his voice the earth became like wax.

God has gone up with a glad cry, the Lord with the sound of the horn.

The God of gods, even the Lord, has sent out his voice, and the earth is full of fear; from the coming up of the sun to its going down.

Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

God will give thought to me; he who from early times is strong will send pain and trouble on them. (Selah.) Because they are unchanged, they have no fear of God.

But you, O God, will send them down into the underworld; the cruel and the false will be cut off before half their days are ended; but I will have faith in you.

When I send up my cry to you, my haters will be turned back; I am certain of this, for God is with me.

I will send up my cry to the Most High God; to God who does all things for me.

He will send from heaven, and take me from the power of him whose desire is for my destruction. God will send out his mercy and his good faith.

Put them not to death, for so my people will keep the memory of them: let them be sent in all directions by your power; make them low, O Lord our saviour.

From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

Who makes the loud voice of the sea quiet, and puts an end to the sound of its waves.

Send up a glad cry to God, all the earth:

You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.

O God, send out your strength; the strength, O God, with which you have done great things for us,

You, who have sent great and bitter troubles on me, will give me life again, lifting me up from the deep waters of the underworld.

From heaven you gave your decision; the earth, in its fear, gave no sound,

The clouds sent out water; the skies gave out a sound; truly, your arrows went far and wide.

And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven.

Man took part in the food of strong ones; he sent them meat in full measure.

He sent an east wind from heaven, driving on the south wind by his power.

He sent down meat on them like dust, and feathered birds like the sand of the sea,

When he sent death on them, then they made search for him; turning to him and looking for him with care;

He sent different sorts of flies among them, poisoning their flesh; and frogs for their destruction.

He sent ice for the destruction of their vines; their trees were damaged by the bitter cold.

Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms sent destruction among the flocks.

He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.

You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.