And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers, who did the work, had fled each one to his field.

In those days also I saw the Jews who had married women of Ashdod, of Ammon, [and] of Moab.

And the drinking was according to the law, none could compel. For so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter. For she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful. And when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred, for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

Now when the turn of every maiden came to go in to king Ahasuerus, after it had been done to her according to the law for the women twelve months (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [namely], six months with

Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appoint

And the king loved Esther above all the women. And she obtained favor and kindness in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.

Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people, as Mordecai had charged her. For Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, as when she was brought up with him.

And all the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, bowed down, and did reverence to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down, nor did him reverence.

Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he did not hearken to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew.

But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai

Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's chamberlains whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.

And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews to destroy them.

So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste that it may be done as Esther has said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his sons, and all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the rulers and servants of the king.

Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself, and tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, of those who kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on king Ahasuerus.

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman came into the outward court of the king's house to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

let royal apparel be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides upon, and on the head of which a royal crown is set.

And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom thou have begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shal

While they were yet talking with him, the king's chamberlains came, and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified.

On that day king Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman the Jews' enemy to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her.

And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.

The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.

And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a good day. And many from among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews

And the other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them. But they did not lay their hand

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies. And the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day, that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending

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

because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them.

But when [the matter] came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he had devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

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,

to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had ordained for themselves and for their seed in the matter of the fastings and their cry.

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped.

Because it did not shut up the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes.

or with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures,

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

Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

What time they grow warm, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

They were put to shame because they had hoped. They came there, and were confounded.

Those who hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice.

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

If I be wicked, woe to me. And if I be righteous, yet I shall not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking upon my affliction.

And if [my head] exalts itself, thou hunt me as a lion. And again thou show thyself marvelous upon me.

Why then have thou brought me forth out of the womb? I would have given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.

I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Only do not do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face:

Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?

O that thou would hide me in Sheol, that thou would keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou would appoint for me a set time, and remember me!

which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it,

I also could speak as ye do, if your soul were in my soul's stead. I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.

For thou have hid their heart from understanding. Therefore thou shall not exalt [them].

A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

Though his height mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds,

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

But as for the mighty man, he had the land. And the honorable man, he dwelt in it.

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power? No, but he would give heed to me.

They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters, [and] Sheol [those who] have sinned.

He binds the streams that they not trickle. And the thing that is hid he brings forth to light.

Since it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept closed from the birds of the heavens.

when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood.

Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and they did not cast down the light of my countenance.

My skin is black, [and falls] from me. And my bones are burned with heat.

if I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

O that I had someone to hear me (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me), and [that I had] the indictment which my adversary has written!

His anger was also kindled against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.

that he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man.

saying, I have not sinned, nor committed unrighteousness, nor had fellowship with workers of iniquity to go with the profane.

There is no darkness, nor thick gloom where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? [And], What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?

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

Or [who] shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth, [like] it had issued out of the womb,

The waters hide themselves [and become] like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Can thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish-spears?

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee.

And it was so, that, after LORD had spoken these words to Job, LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends. For ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Jo

And LORD turned [back] the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends. And LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then there came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that LORD ha

So LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.

He had also seven sons and three daughters.

But thou, O LORD, are a shield about me, my glory and he who lifts up of my head.

The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight. Thou hate all workers of iniquity.

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own scalp.