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,

if I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as 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.

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,

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.

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 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 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.

the Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to the writing of it, and according to the appoin

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.

For Mordecai the Jew was next to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

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?

Have thou not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every side? Thou have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

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.

And he took a potsherd for him to scrape himself with it, and he sat among the ashes.

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.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights. And none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

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,

Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Then Job answered and said,

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?

What is man, that thou should magnify him, and that thou should set thy mind upon him,

If I have sinned, what do I do to thee, O thou watcher of men? Why have thou set me as a mark for thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

Then Job answered and said,

If I say, I will forget my complaint. I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer,

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,

Then Job answered and said,

Behold now, I have set my case in order. I know that I am righteous.

Thou also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. Thou set a bound to the soles of my feet.

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!

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

Then Job answered, and said,

I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yea, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his mark.

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,

Why are we counted as beasts, [and] have become unclean in your sight?

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.

His strength shall be weakened by hunger, and calamity shall be ready at his side.

Then Job answered, and said,

He has walled up my way that I cannot pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. And he has plucked up my hope like a tree.

Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, reckon me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

whom I, even I, shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

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

Then Job answered, and said,

Their seed is established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes.

The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. And all men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

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,

O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

I would set my case in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

Behold, even the moon has no brightness. And the stars are not pure in his sight.

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,

when I went forth to the gate to the city, when I prepared my seat in the street.

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

I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as a man who comforts the mourners.