For if thou altogether keep quiet at this time, then relief and deliverance will arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father's house will perish. And who knows whether thou have not come to the kingdom for such a

And Esther said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him.

Yet all this avails me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.

And the king said, What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then the king's servants who ministered to him said, There is nothing done for him.

And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

Then Esther said, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

[This was done] on the thirteenth day of the month Adar. And on the fourteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

Therefore 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 to them,

Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household, so that this man was the greatest of all the sons of the east.

In all this Job did not sin, nor foolishly accuse God.

But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that came upon him, they came each one from his own place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they made an appointment together to come t

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others shall spring.

Yet these things thou hid in thy heart. I know that this is with thee.

Who does not know in all these, that the hand of LORD has wrought this,

Lo, my eye has seen all [this]. My ear has heard and understood it.

This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before him.

Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir himself up against the profane.

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him who does not know God.

And after my skin, this [body], is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,

Know thou this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.

Hear diligently my speech, And let this be your consolations.

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty.

(this also is an iniquity to be punished by the judges, for I would have denied the God that is above);

Behold, I will answer thee. In this thou are not just, for God is greater than man.

If now [thou be] understanding, hear this. Hearken to the voice of words.

What [is] this thou think in judgment? Who are thou that thou said, I am righteousness before LORD?

Take heed. Do not turn to iniquity, for thou have fixed on this because of affliction.

Yea, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.

Hearken to this, O Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, [even] four generations.

I will tell of the decree. LORD said to me, Thou are my son, this day I have begotten thee.

O LORD my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hands,

Thou will keep them, O LORD. Thou will preserve them from this generation forever.

from men by thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world whose portion is in [this] life, and whose belly thou fill with thy treasure. They are satisfied with sons, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes.

This is the generation of those who seek after him, who seek thy face, [even] Jacob. Selah.

Who is this King of glory? LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah.

For this let everyone who is devout pray to thee in a time when thou may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow they shall not reach to him.

This poor man cried, and LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

By this I know that thou delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me.

All this has come upon us, yet we have not forgotten thee, nor have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.

will not God search this out? For he knows the secrets of the heart.

For this God is our God forever and ever. He will be our guide [even] to death.

Hear this, all ye peoples. Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,

This their way is their folly. Yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah.

Now consider this, ye who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver:

Lo, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.

Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I call. This I know, that God is for me.

God has spoken once, twice I have heard this, that power belongs to God.

When I thought how I might understand this, it was too painful for me,

Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that a foolish people has blasphemed thy name.

And I said, This is my infirmity, the change of the right hand of the Most High.

For all this they still sinned, and did not believe in his wondrous works.

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and, behold, and visit this vine,

I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon as among those who know me. Behold, Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia: This [man] was born there.

Yea, of Zion it shall be said, this and that man was born in her, and the Most High himself will establish her.

LORD will count when he writes up the peoples: This [man] was born there. Selah.

A brutish man knows not, nor does a fool understand this.

This shall be written for the generation to come. And a people which shall be created shall praise LORD.

This is the reward of my adversaries from LORD, and of those who speak evil against my soul.

that they may know that this is thy hand, [that] thou, LORD, have done it.

Blessed be the name of LORD from this time forth and for evermore.

but we will bless LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise ye LORD.

This is the gate of LORD. The righteous shall enter into it.

This is LORD's doing. It is marvelous in our eyes.

This is the day which LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.

This is my comfort in my affliction, for thy word has revived me.

This I have had because I have kept thy precepts.

They abide this day according to thine ordinances, for all things are thy servants.

LORD will keep thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore.

As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so LORD is round about his people from this time forth and for evermore.

O Israel, hope in LORD from this time forth and for evermore.

This is my resting place forever. Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.

to execute upon them the judgment written. All his sanctified have this honor. Praise ye LORD.

Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, since thou have come into the hand of thy neighbor. Go, humble thyself, and importune thy neighbor.

Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me. I have paid my vows this day.

That thy trust may be in LORD, I have made [them] known to thee this day, even to thee.

lest thou learn this ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

If thou say, Behold, we did not know this, Does not he who weighs the hearts consider it? And he who keeps thy soul, does he not know it? And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.

And I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a striving after wind.

I said in my heart, Come now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure. And, behold, this also was vanity.

And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them. I did not withhold my heart from any joy. For my heart rejoiced because of all my labor, and this was my portion from all my labor.

Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me, and why then was I more wise? Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skillfulness, yet he shall leave it to a man who has not labored in it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

For all his days are [but] sorrows, and his travail is grief, yea, even in the night his heart takes no rest. This also is vanity.

There is nothing better for a man [than] that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

For to the man who pleases him [God] gives wisdom and knowledge and joy, but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

He who loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance, with increase. This also is vanity.

And this also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit has he that he labored for the wind?