Whoever there is among you of his people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and take in hand the building of the house of the Lord, the God of Israel; he is the God who is in Jerusalem.

Now these are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and taken away to Babylon, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his town;

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen; so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?

And among the sons of the priests who were married to strange women were these: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak and his brothers, Maaseiah and Eliezer and Jarib and Gedaliah.

Keep in mind, O Lord, the order you gave your servant Moses, saying, If you do wrong I will send you wandering among the peoples:

And those who were against us said, Without their knowledge and without their seeing us, we will come among them and put them to death, causing the work to come to a stop.

And in it these words were recorded: It is said among the nations, and Geshem says so, that you and the Jews are hoping to make yourselves free from the king's authority; and that this is why you are building the wall: and they say that it is your purpose to be their king;

These are the people of the divisions of the kingdom, among those who had been made prisoners by Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and taken away by him, who went back to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his town;

The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the children of Amon.

They made search for their record among the lists of families, but their names were nowhere to be seen, so they were looked on as unclean and no longer priests.

And would not do them, and gave no thought to the wonders you had done among them; but made their necks stiff, and turning away from you, made a captain over themselves to take them back to their prison in Egypt: but you are a God of forgiveness, full of grace and pity, slow to wrath and great in mercy, and you did not give them up.

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.

Was it not in these things that Solomon, king of Israel, did wrong? among a number of nations there was no king like him, and he was dear to his God, and God made him king over all Israel: but even he was made to do evil by strange women.

If it is pleasing to the king, let an order go out from him, and let it be recorded among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it may never be changed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her place to another who is better than she.

Who had been taken away from Jerusalem among those who had been made prisoner with Jeconiah, king of Judah, when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken him away.

And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain nation living here and there in small groups among the people in all the divisions of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of any other nation, and they do not keep the king's laws: for this reason it is not right for the king to let them be.

And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth.

It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.

And that those days were to be kept in memory through every generation and every family, in every division of the kingdom and every town, that there might never be a time when these days of Purim would not be kept among the Jews, or when the memory of them would go from the minds of their seed.

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and respected by the body of his countrymen; working for the good of his people, and saying words of peace to all his seed.

That night--let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Why is your face veiled from me, as if I was numbered among your haters?

For only to them was the land given, and no strange people were among them:)

But come back, now, all of you, come; and I will not see a wise man among you.

He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

And put your gold in the dust, even your gold of Ophir among the rocks of the valleys;

I took my place as a chief, guiding them on their way, and I was as a king among his army. ...

They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves

They make noises like asses among the brushwood; they get together under the thorns.

Let us make the decision for ourselves as to what is right; let us have the knowledge among ourselves of what is good.

And there were no women so beautiful as the daughters of Job in all the earth: and their father gave them a heritage among their brothers.

For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

Send help, Lord, for mercy has come to an end; there is no more faith among the children of men.

The sinners are walking on every side, and evil is honoured among the children of men.

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

Their fruit will be cut off from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.

They make a division of my robes among them, by the decision of chance they take my clothing.

I will give the knowledge of your name to my brothers: I will give you praise among the people.

For the kingdom is the Lord's; he is the ruler among the nations.

I have been a hater of the band of wrongdoers, and I will not be seated among sinners.

Let not my soul be numbered among sinners, or my life among men of blood;

I will give you praise in the great meeting; I will give you honour among a strong people.

You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

Our name is a word of shame among the nations, a sign for the shaking of heads among the peoples.

Kings' daughters are among your noble women: on your right is the queen in gold of Ophir.

And the daughters of Tyre will be there with an offering; those who have wealth among the people will be looking for your approval.

Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.

Send destruction on them, O Lord, make a division of tongues among them: for I have seen fighting and violent acts in the town.

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.

I will give you praise, O Lord, among the peoples; I will make songs to you among the nations.

So that men may see your way on the earth, and your salvation among all nations.

Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers with yellow gold.

The war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.

The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is in war.

May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Sending out their voices like lions among your worshippers; they have put up their signs to be seen.

We do not see our signs: there is no longer any prophet, or anyone among us to say how long.

He sent different sorts of flies among them, poisoning their flesh; and frogs for their destruction.

Ice was rained down on their cattle; thunderstorms sent destruction among the flocks.

He sent on them the heat of his wrath, his bitter disgust, letting loose evil angels among them.

So that he went away from the holy place in Shiloh, the tent which he had put among men;

You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.

There is to be no strange god among you; you are not to give worship to any other god.

God is in the meeting-place of God; he is judging among the gods.

Rahab and Babylon will be named among those who have knowledge of me; see, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man had his birth there.

I am numbered among those who go down into the earth; I have become like a man for whom there is no help:

My soul is among the dead, like those in the underworld, to whom you give no more thought; for they are cut off from your care.

In heaven let them give praise for your wonders, O Lord; and your unchanging faith among the saints.

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

God is greatly to be feared among the saints, and to be honoured over all those who are about him.

Then your voice came to your holy one in a vision, saying, I have put the crown on a strong one, lifting up one taken from among the people.

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who gave honour to his name; they made prayers to the Lord, and he gave answers to them.

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

O give praise to the Lord; give honour to his name, talking of his doings among the peoples.

He let his signs be seen among the people, and his wonders in the land of Ham.

He took his people out with silver and gold: there was not one feeble person among them.

They were full of envy against Moses among the tents, and against Aaron, the holy one of the Lord.

And a fire was lighted among their tents; the sinners were burned up by the flames.

That their children might be mixed among the nations, and sent away into other lands.

Be our saviour, O Lord our God, and let us come back together from among the nations, so that we may give honour to your holy name, and have glory in your praise.

Let them give glory to him in the meeting of the people, and praise among the chiefs.

I will give the Lord great praise with my mouth; yes, I will give praise to him among all the people.

Let the Lord be praised. I will give praise to the Lord with all my heart, among the upright, and in the meeting of the people.

To give him a place among the rulers, even with the rulers of his people.

They are round me like bees; but they are put out like a fire among thorns; for in the name of the Lord I will have them cut down.

He sent signs and wonders among you, O Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants.

And took out Israel from among them: for his mercy is unchanging for ever:

A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers.

I saw among the young men one without sense,

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

The man whose ear is open to the teaching of life will have his place among the wise.

A servant who does wisely will have rule over a son causing shame, and will have his part in the heritage among brothers.

The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

Have you seen a man who is expert in his business? he will take his place before kings; his place will not be among low persons.