Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why do thou transgress the king's commandment?

And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom, and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, nor do they keep the king's

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

Then the king said to her, What will thou, queen Esther? And what is thy request? It shall be given thee even to the half of the kingdom.

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.

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 the king said to 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.

Then Esther answered, and said, My petition and my request is,

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.

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou to the king that Mordecai may be hanged on it. Then go thou in merrily with the king to the banquet. And t

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 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.

And the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself?

And Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,

Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Let nothing fail of all that thou have spoken.

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

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 performed.

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.

Then king Ahasuerus spoke and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, who dares presume in his heart to do so?

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

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch on which Esther was. Then the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? As the word we

Then Harbonah, one of the chamberlains who were before the king said, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang

And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha

Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.

And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is thy petition? And

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.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were completed, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my so

And LORD said to Satan, From where do thou come? Then Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.

Then Satan answered LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in thy power, only upon himself do not put forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD.

that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

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

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and only I alone have escaped

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house.

And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. LORD gave, and LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of LORD.

And LORD said to Satan, From where did thou come? And Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou m

And Satan answered LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand, only spare his life.

Then his wife said to him, Do thou still hold fast thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.

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.

And Job answered and said,

Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

Then Job answered and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

Then Job answered and said,

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

Then Job answered and said,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

Then Job answered, and said,

if I have said to corruption, Thou are my father, to the worm, My mother, and my sister,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

Then Job answered, and said,

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

Then Job answered, and said,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?

Then Job answered and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

Then Job answered, and said,

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

And to man he said, Behold, the fear of LORD, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou are] my confidence;

if the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one who has not been filled with his food?

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old. Therefore I held back, and dared not show you my opinion.

I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

Therefore I said, Hearken to me, I also will show my opinion.

Moreover Elihu answered, and said,

For Job has said, I am righteous, and God has taken away my right.

For has any said to God, I have borne [chastisement], I will not offend [any more].

Moreover Elihu answered, and said,

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

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

Elihu also proceeded, and said,

Then LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

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

Then Job answered LORD, and said,

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

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

who have said, With our tongue will we prevail. Our lips are our own. Who is lord over us?

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

Thou [my soul] have said to LORD, Thou are my LORD. I have no good beyond thee.

My heart said to thee, I have sought thy face. O LORD, I will seek thy face.

As for me, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be moved.

But I trusted in thee, O LORD. I said, Thou are my God.

As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes. Nevertheless thou heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to thee.

I acknowledged my sin to thee, and I did not hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to LORD, and thou forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me. They said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it.

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me. When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.

I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue. I will keep my mouth with a bridle while the wicked man is before me.

Then I said, Lo, I have come. In the volume of a book it is written of me.

I said, O LORD, have mercy upon me. Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

And I said, O that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

LORD said, I will bring again from Bashan. I will bring again from the depths of the sea,