And he did what [was] evil in the eyes of Yahweh as Manasseh his father had done. And Amon sacrificed to all the idols that Manasseh his father had made, and he served them.

And he did what was right in the eyes of Yahweh, and he walked in the ways of David his ancestor and did not deviate [to] the right or [to] the left.

And they set aside the burnt offerings to give them to the clans of the {families} for the {lay people}, to offer to Yahweh according to what is written in the scroll of Moses. And thus they did with the bulls.

And he sent messengers to him, saying, "{What is there between us}, O king of Judah? [I am] not against you yourself this day, but against the house making war against me. And God has commanded me to make haste. Stop [opposing] God, who [is] with me that he will not destroy you."

Now the remainder of the words of Josiah and his loyal love [for] what is written in the law of Yahweh

Now the remainder of the words of Jehoiakim and the detestable things that he did and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

Then we asked them this: "What are the names of the men who are building this building?"

And I issue forth a decree for what you should do for these elders of the Jews to build this house of God. The full expense will be paid to these men from the riches of the king from the taxes of [the province] Beyond the River, without delay.

Then Tattenai the governor of the [province] Beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates consequently did with diligence what Darius the king ordered.

I sent them to Iddo, the head of the place called Casiphia, and I placed in their mouths what words to say to Iddo and his brothers the temple servants in Casiphia, to send to us ministers for the house of our God.

"And now our God what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken your commandments,

Then Ezra stood up and made the chief priests, Levites, and all of Israel swear to do according to what was said. So they swore this oath.

Then the king said to me, "What is your request?" So I prayed to the God of the heavens.

I got up during the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anybody what my God put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. No animal [was] with me except the animal that I was riding on.

The prefects did not know where I had gone and what I was doing. I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the prefects, and the rest of the workers.

But Sanballat the Horonite, the Ammonite servant Tobiah, and Geshem the Arab heard it, and they mocked and despised us, saying, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"

Then he said before his brothers and the army of Samaria, "What are the feeble Jews doing? Will they restore [these things] for themselves? Will they sacrifice? Will they finish it in a day? Will they revive the stones from the piles of rubble--even those burned up?"

Now what was prepared each day for me was one ox, six choice sheep, and birds. And every ten days all [kinds of] wine were made. But for this I did not demand the food [allowance] of the governor because the slavery was too heavy on this people.

And what the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand darics of gold, and two thousand silver minas, and sixty-seven priestly tunics.

So I quarreled with the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the day of the Sabbath?

"According to [the] law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she has not done the command of King Ahasuerus {conveyed by} the eunuchs?

After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.

When the turn came near for Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken [her] as a daughter, to go to the king, she did not ask anything except what Hegai the eunuch of the king who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther carried favor in the eyes of everyone that saw her.

Esther had not made known her family and her people, just as Mordecai had instructed her; for Esther {did what Mordecai told her}, just as when she was brought up by him.

Then Esther called Hathach from the king's eunuchs {who regularly attended to her}, and she ordered him [to go] to Mordecai to learn what was happening and why.

And the king said to her, "What [is] it, Queen Esther? What [is] your request? It will be given to you--even half the kingdom."

And the king said to Esther {while they were drinking wine}, "What [is] your petition? It will be given to you. What [is] your request? Even half the kingdom, it will done.

And the king asked, "What has been done to bestow honor to Mordecai for this?" And the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."

And Haman came, and the king said to him, "What [is] to be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?" And Haman thought to himself, "Whom would the king wish to honor more than me?"

Then the king said to Haman, "Quickly, take the clothing and the horse, just as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the gate of the king; you must not leave out anything from what you have said."

And the king again said to Esther, on the second day {while they were drinking}, "What [is] your petition, Queen Esther? It will be given to you. What [is] your request? It will be given [to you]--even half the kingdom."

On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he [was] to her.

And the king said to Queen Esther, "In the citadel of Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman. What have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? What [is] your petition? It will be granted to you. And what further [is] your request? It will be done."

And the Jews adopted what they had begun to do and what Mordecai had written to them.

Therefore they called these days Purim, because of the name Pur. Thus because of all the words of this letter, and of what they faced concerning this, and of what had happened to them,

{Then when} the days of the feast had run their course, {Job would send}, and he would sanctify them. Thus he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings [according to] the number of all of them, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and {cursed} God in their heart." This is what Job used to do {all the time}.

because the dread that I {feel} has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

What [is] my strength, that I should wait? And what [is] my end, that {I should hold out}?

How painful are {upright words}! But what does {your reproof} reprove?

"What [is] a human being that you make him great and that {you fix your mind on him},

[If] I have sinned, what have I done to you, watcher of humanity? Why have you made me as a target for yourself, so that I have become a burden to myself?

"Indeed, please inquire of former generations, and consider {what their ancestors have found},

{If} he would snatch away, who could turn him? Who could say to him, 'What are you doing?'

{It is higher than the heaven}; what can you do? [It is] deeper than Sheol; what can you know?

{What you know}, I myself also know-- I [am] not more inferior than you.

"{What is worse}, you yourself are doing away with fear, and you are lessening meditation {before} God.

What do you know that we do not know? [What] do you understand that [is] not clear to us?

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

"I will show you, listen to me; and what I have seen, I will tell--

what wise men have told, and they have not hidden [that which is] from their ancestors,

[Is there] a limit to windy words? What provokes you that you answer?

And what is more, [if] I have truly erred, my error remains with me.

Who [is] Shaddai that we should serve him, or what would we benefit when we plead with him?'

for what {does he care for} his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

Who denounces his way to his face? And who repays him [for what] he has done?

And you ask, 'What does God know? Can he judge through deep gloom?

[Those] who said to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can Shaddai do to us?'

I want to know [the] words [with which] he would answer me, and I want to understand what he would say to me.

For he will carry out {what he appoints for me}, and many [things] like these [are] with him

How you have advised {one who has no wisdom}! And [what] sound wisdom you have made known {in abundance}!

for what [is the] hope of [the] godless when he cuts [them] off, when God takes away his life?

Moreover, {what use to me is the strength of their hands}? With them, vigor is destroyed.

And what [is] the portion of God from above or the heritage of Shaddai from on high?

then what shall I do when God rises up? And when he enquires, how shall I answer him?

"Look, I waited for your words; I listened for your insight, until you searched out {what to say}.

My words [declare] my heart's uprightness, and my lips sincerely speak {what my lips know}.

"He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.

Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us determine among ourselves what [is] good--

What man [is] like Job, who drinks scorn like water?

What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

"But if [you have] understanding, hear this; listen to {what I say}.

teach me yourself {what I cannot see}; if I have done wrong, I will not repeat [it]'?

{According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know.

If you ask what it profits you: 'How do I benefit {by refraining from my sin}?'

If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him? And [if] your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?

If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

And what's more, he allured you {out of distress} [into] a broad place, [where] in place of it [was] no constraint; and [what] was set on your table is full of fatness.

His thundering tells about him; [the] livestock also [tell] {concerning what rises}.

"Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of [the] presence of darkness.

On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,

"Look, I am insignificant. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

{And then} after Yahweh spoke these words to Job, Yahweh said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "{My wrath has been kindled} against you and against [the] two of your friends, for you have not spoken to me what is right as my servant Job [has].

{So then}, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will pray for you, for {I will certainly accept his prayer}, so that it will not be done with you [according to your] folly, for you have not spoken to me what is right as my servant Job [has]."

what [is] a human being that you think of him? and a child of humankind that you care for him?

When the foundations are destroyed what can [the] righteous do?

He who walks blamelessly and does what is right. He who speaks honestly in his heart.

"What gain [is there] in my {death}, in my going down into [the] pit? Will [the] dust praise you? Will it tell of your faithfulness?

Violent witnesses rise up; they ask me [concerning] what I do not know.

"Let me know, O Yahweh, my end, and what is the measure of my days. Let me know how transient I [am]."

And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is for you.

But to the wicked God says, "What [right] have you to recite my statutes and {mention my covenant with your mouth},

You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking {what is right}. Selah

I will give thanks to you forever, because [of what] you have done, and I will wait on your name, because [it is] good, in the presence of your faithful ones.

God, whose word I praise, God I trust; I do not fear. What can [mere] flesh do to me?

God I trust; I do not fear. What can [mere] humankind do to me?

Do you really speak [what is] right [when] silent? [Do] you judge fairly the children of humankind?

Come [and] hear, all you God-fearers, and I will tell what he has done for me.

Your God has commanded your strength. Show yourself strong, O God, [by] what you perform for us.

More numerous than the hairs of my head are [those] hating me without a cause. [Those who are] destroying me--my enemies wrongfully-- are mighty. What I did not steal, I then must restore.

May [what is] right blossom in his days and an abundance of peace, until [the] moon is no more.