We asked their names also, to inform thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.

I have given orders that all they of the people of Israel, and of their priests and the Levites, in my realm, who are disposed to go to Jerusalem, go with thee.

and that thou shouldest take with thee, silver and gold, which the king and the lords of his counsel give of their own good will unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is at Jerusalem,

And whatever shall seem good to thee and to thy brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do according to the will of your God.

And the vessels that have been given thee for the service of the house of thy God, deliver before the God of Jerusalem.

And, the rest of the need of the house of thy God, which it shall fall to thee to give, thou shalt give, out of the treasure-house of the king.

and said: O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens.

Jehovah, God of Israel, thou art righteous; for we are a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before thee in our trespasses; for there is no standing before thee because of this.

Arise, for this matter is incumbent on thee, and we will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.

Let, we beseech thee, our rulers take up their station for all the convocation, and, all who, throughout our cities, have married foreign women, let them come in at times appointed, and, with them, the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the glow of the anger of our God be turned from us, concerning this matter.

and said, I beseech thee, Jehovah, God of the heavens, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and keep his commandments.

Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned.

We have acted very perversely against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances that thou commandedst thy servant Moses.

Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the peoples;

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was the king's cupbearer.

and then said unto the king, If, unto the king, it seemeth good, and if thy servant might find favour before thee, That thou wouldst send me unto Judah, unto the city of the sepulchres of my fathers, that I might build it.

And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee; for they have provoked the builders.

And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together.

Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee.

Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day.

Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations;

Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations.

Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies;

Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.

For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee.

Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.

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

And the king said again to 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? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.

and said - If, unto the king, it seem good, and if I have found favour before him, and the thing be approved before the king, and, I myself, be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written, to reverse the letters plotted by Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy thee Jews, who are in all the provinces of the king.

And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the fortress, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? And what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

But put forth thy hand now and touch all that he hath, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!

and they of Sheba fell upon them and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

and behold, there came a great wind from over the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

but put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and see if he will not curse thee to thy face!

If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?

But now it is come upon thee, and thou grievest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

He will deliver thee in six troubles, and in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

He shall keep thee from the perilous tongue so that when trouble cometh, thou shalt not need to fear.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

Have I sinned, what do I unto thee, thou Observer of men? Why hast thou set me as an object of assault for thee, so that I am become a burden to myself?

If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;

Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!

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

Doth it please thee to oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Were eyes of flesh to thee? or wilt thou see as man saw?

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as clay, and wilt bring me into dust again.

And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.

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

Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make thee ashamed?

But oh that +God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by much of thine iniquity!

And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee, thou shalt take rest in safety.

Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

Only do not two things unto me; then will I not hide myself from thee.

Withdraw thine hand from me, and let not the fearful dread of thee make me afraid.

Wherefore, thy face, shouldst thou hide? Or count me, as an enemy to thee?

Yet dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

If his days are determined, if the number of his months is with thee, and thou hast appointed his bounds which he must not pass,

Thou wouldest call, and I would answer thee; thou wouldest have a desire after the work of thy hands.

Thou prevailest against him, so that he passeth away; thou changes his estate, and puttest him from thee.

But thy wickedness teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen thee a crafty tongue.

Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I; and thy lips testify against thee.

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God, that all wisdom is too little for thee?

Are the consolations of God too small for thee? and the word gently spoken to thee?

Why doth thy heart carry thee away? and why do thine eyes wink?

I will shew thee, listen to me; and what I have seen I will declare;

Shall words of wind have an end? or what provoketh thee that thou answerest?

Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me?

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Will he reason with thee for fear of thee? Will he enter with thee into judgment?

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

Or darkness, that thou canst not see, and floods of waters cover thee.

Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

Receive, I pray thee, instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in thy heart.

He shall give thee a harvest, which in plenty and abundance shall exceed the dust of the earth, and the gold of Ophir like river stones.

Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

And thou shalt decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee; and light shall shine upon thy ways.

When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

If thou be innocent, he shall save thee: and through the unguiltiness of thine hands shalt thou be delivered."

For whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

I cry unto Thee, And Thou dost not answer me, I have stood, and Thou dost consider me.

And yet, I pray thee, O Job, Hear my speech and to all my words give ear.

Lo, I pray thee, I have opened my mouth, My tongue hath spoken in the palate.

Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy.

Lo, in this thou hast not been righteous, I answer thee, that greater is God than man.

Why dost thou then strive against him? Because he giveth thee no accounts of all his doings?