And Maaseiah, the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite.

All the sons of Perez living in Jerusalem were four hundred and sixty-eight men of good position.

And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah.

And Joel, the son of Zichri, was their overseer; and Judah, the son of Hassenuah, was second over the town.

Of the priests: Jedaiah, the son of Joiarib, Jachin,

Seraiah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God,

And their brothers who did the work of the house, eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,

And his brothers, heads of families, two hundred and forty-two; and Amashsai, the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer,

And their brothers, men of war, a hundred and twenty-eight; and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim.

And of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni,

And Mattaniah, the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who had to give the first note of the song of praise in prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brothers, and Abda, the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun.

And the overseer of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi, the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of the sons of Asaph, the music-makers, who was over the business of the house of God.

And Pethahiah, the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah, the son of Judah, was the king's servant in everything to do with the people.

Now these are the priests and the Levites who went up with Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

The sons of Levi, heads of families, were recorded in the book of the histories, even till the days of Johanan, the son of Eliashib.

And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua, the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to give blessing and praise as ordered by David, the man of God, watch against watch.

These were in the days of Joiakim, the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the ruler and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.

And the sons of the music-makers came together from the lowland round about Jerusalem and from the daughter-towns of the Netophathites,

And certain of the priests' sons with wind instruments; Zechariah, the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph,

And they kept the watch of their God, and were responsible for making things clean, and so did the music-makers and the door-keepers, as it was ordered by David and Solomon his son.

And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah gave what was needed by the music-makers and the door-keepers day by day: and they made the offerings holy for the Levites; and the Levites did the same for the sons of Aaron.

And I made controllers over the store-houses, Shelemiah the priest and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and with them was Hanan, the son of Zaccur the son of Mattaniah: they were taken to be true men and their business was the distribution of these things to their brothers.

And I took up the cause against them, cursing them and giving blows to some of them and pulling out their hair; and I made them take an oath by God, saying, You are not to give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib, the chief priest, was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite: so I sent him away from me.

Now there was a certain Jew in Shushan named Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.

And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of the Jews.

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:

The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the hater of the Jews; but they put not a hand on any of their goods.

And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.

Then Esther said, If it is the king's pleasure, let authority be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow as has been done today, and let orders be given for the hanging of Haman's ten sons.

And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.

Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;

But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.

And he had seven sons and three daughters.

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

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 there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

And there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother,

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house,

And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

His sons come to honour, and he has no knowledge of it; they are made low, but he is not conscious of it.

What is man, that he may be clean? and how may the son of woman be upright?

So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.

How then is it possible for man to be upright before God? or how may he be clean who is a son of woman?

How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

They are sons of shame, and of men without a name, who have been forced out of the land.

And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

Your evil-doing may have an effect on a man like yourself, or your righteousness on a son of man.

When the morning stars made songs together, and all the sons of the gods gave cries of joy?

Let your wrath be overflowing; let your eyes see all the sons of pride, and make them low.

Everything which is high goes in fear of him; he is king over all the sons of pride.

And he had seven sons and three daughters.

And after this Job had a hundred and forty years of life, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.

I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

I will give praise to the Lord for his righteousness; I will make a song to the name of the Lord Most High.

What is man, that you keep him in mind? the son of man, that you take him into account?

I will be glad and have delight in you: I will make a song of praise to your name, O Most High.

I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.

Because of this I will give you praise, O Lord, among the nations, and will make a song of praise to your name.

And now my head will be lifted up higher than my haters who are round me: because of this I will make offerings of joy in his tent; I will make a song, truly I will make a song of praise to the Lord.

The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

Give to the Lord, you sons of the gods, give to the Lord glory and strength.

O how great is your grace, which you have put in store for your worshippers, and which you have made clear to those who had faith in you, before the sons of men!

Make a new song to him; playing expertly with a loud noise.

The Lord is looking down from heaven; he sees all the sons of men;

And he put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God; numbers have seen it with fear, and put their faith in the Lord.

Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

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.

My soul is among lions; I am stretched out among those who are on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and whose tongue is a sharp sword.

Is there righteousness in your mouths, O you gods? are you upright judges, O you sons of men?

To you, O my strength, will I make my song: because God is my high tower, even the God of my mercy.

Make a song in honour of his name: give praise and glory to him.

O let the nations be glad, and make song of joy; for you will be the judge of the peoples in righteousness, guiding the nations of the earth. (Selah.)

I am a cause of wonder to those in authority; a song to those who are given to strong drink.

I will give praise to the name of God with a song; I will give glory to him for what he has done.

Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended.

The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.

With your arm you have made your people free, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah.)

He gave to destruction all the first sons of Egypt; the first-fruits of their strength in the tents of Ham;

Their young men were burned in the fire; and their virgins were not praised in the bride-song.

Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.

Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.

My song will be of the mercies of the Lord for ever: with my mouth will I make his faith clear to all generations.

For who is there in the heavens in comparison with the Lord? who is like the Lord among the sons of the gods?

The deceit of those who are against him will not overcome him; he will not be troubled by the sons of evil.

And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.

O make a new song to the Lord; let all the earth make melody to the Lord.

O make a new song to the Lord, because he has done works of wonder; with his right hand, and with his holy arm, he has overcome.

I will make a song of mercy and righteousness; to you, O Lord, will I make melody.

The birds of the air have their resting-places by them, and make their song among the branches.