And Haman saith, 'Yea, Esther the queen brought none in with the king, unto the feast that she made, except myself, and also for to-morrow I am called to her, with the king,

And Zeresh his wife saith to him, and all his friends, 'Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go thou in with the king unto the banquet rejoicing;' and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepareth the tree.

On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,

And the king saith, 'What honour and greatness hath been done to Mordecai for this?' And the servants of the king, his ministers, say, 'Nothing hath been done with him.'

And the king saith, 'Who is in the court?' -- and Haman hath come in to the outer court of the house of the king, to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him --

and the servants of the king say unto him, 'Lo, Haman is standing in the court;' and the king saith, 'Let him come in.'

And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, 'What -- to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?' And Haman saith in his heart, 'To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?'

And Haman saith unto the king, 'The man in whose honour the king hath delighted,

And the king saith to Haman, 'Haste, take the clothing and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the gate of the king; there doth not fall a thing of all that thou hast spoken.'

and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, 'What is thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.'

And Esther the queen answereth and saith, 'If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king it be good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;

And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, 'Who is he -- this one? and where is this one? -- he whose heart hath filled him to do so?'

And Esther saith, 'The man -- adversary and enemy -- is this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.

And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther is, and the king saith, 'Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?' the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.

And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, saith before the king, 'Also lo, the tree that Haman made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, is standing in the house of Haman, in height fifty cubits;' and the king saith, 'Hang him upon it.'

and saith, 'If to the king it be good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I be good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters -- a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite -- that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all provinces of the king,

And the king Ahasuerus saith to Esther the queen, and to Mordecai the Jew, 'Lo, the house of Haman I have given to Esther, and him they have hanged on the tree, because that he put forth his hand on the Jews,

and the king saith to Esther the queen, 'In Shushan the palace have the Jews slain and destroyed five hundred men, and the ten sons of Haman; in the rest of the provinces of the king what have they done? and what is thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request again? and it is done.'

And Esther saith, 'If to the king it be good, let it be given also to-morrow, to the Jews who are in Shushan, to do according to the law of to-day; and the ten sons of Haman they hang on the tree.'

And the king saith -- 'to be done so;' and a law is given in Shushan, and the ten sons of Haman they have hanged.

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence comest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down on it.'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil?'

And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'For nought is Job fearing God?

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, all that he hath is in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.' And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.

And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

While this one is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens, and burneth among the flock, and among the young men, and consumeth them, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

While this one is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

While this one is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Thy sons and thy daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

and he saith, 'Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken: let the name of Jehovah be blessed.'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Whence camest thou?' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'From going to and fro in the land, and from walking up and down in it.'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Hast thou set thy heart unto My servant Job because there is none like him in the land, a man perfect and upright, fearing God and turning aside from evil? and still he is keeping hold on his integrity, and thou dost move Me against him to swallow him up for nought!'

And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, he is in thy hand; only his life take care of.'

And his wife saith to him, 'Still thou art keeping hold on thine integrity: bless God and die.'

And he saith unto her, 'As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

And Job answereth and saith: --

And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

And Job answereth and saith: --

And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: --

And Job answereth and saith: --

Lo, He snatches away, who bringeth it back? Who saith unto Him, 'What dost Thou?'

If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty! And if of justice, Who,'saith he , will summon me?

And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --

And Job answereth and saith: --

And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

And Job answereth and saith: --

And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: --

And Job answereth and saith: --

And Zophar the Naamathite answereth and saith: --

And Job answereth and saith: --

And Eliphaz the Temanite answereth and saith: --

And Job answereth and saith: --

I know the words He doth answer me, And understand what He saith to me.

And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: --

And Job answereth and saith: --

And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me.

And He saith to man: -- 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'

And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: --

And Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite answereth and saith: -- Young I am in days, and ye are age Therefore I have feared, And am afraid of shewing you my opinion.

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:

And Elihu answereth and saith:

Him that saith to a king, Thou art vile, Or to nobles, Ye are wicked;

And Elihu answereth and saith: --

But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

And Elihu addeth and saith: --

And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

And Jehovah doth answer Job, and saith: --

And Job answereth Jehovah, and saith: --

And Jehovah answereth Job out of the whirlwind, and saith: --

And Job answereth Jehovah and saith: --

And it cometh to pass after Jehovah's speaking these words unto Job, that Jehovah saith unto Eliphaz the Temanite, 'Burned hath Mine anger against thee, and against thy two friends, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

He saith in his heart, I shall not be moved; To all generations I shall not be in adversity.

He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.

To the Overseer. -- By a servant of Jehovah, by David, who hath spoken to Jehovah the words of this song in the day Jehovah delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul, and he saith: -- I love Thee, O Jehovah, my strength.

The voice of Jehovah maketh the hinds to calve, And strippeth the forests bare: And in his temple everything saith, Glory.

{To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.} The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?

To the Overseer. -- An instruction, by David, in the coming in of Doeg the Edomite, and he declareth to Saul, and saith to him, 'David came in unto the house of Ahimelech.' What, boasteth thou in evil, O mighty one? The kindness of God is all the day.

And man saith: 'Surely fruit is for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!'

And He saith to destroy them, Unless Moses, His chosen one, Had stood in the breach before Him, To turn back His wrath from destroying.

And He saith, and appointeth a tempest, And it lifteth up its billows,

Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith:

And he directeth me, and he saith to me: 'Let thy heart retain my words, Keep my commands, and live.

And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Who saith, 'I have purified my heart, I have been cleansed from my sin?'

It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.

The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.

For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.