Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah,

Whatever shall seem good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, do that after the will of your God.

You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God who is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges, who may judge all the people who are beyond the River, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach him who doesn't know them.

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

"After all that has come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great guilt, since you, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such a remnant,

The children of the captivity did so. Ezra the priest, with certain heads of ancestral houses, after their fathers' houses, and all of them by their names, were set apart; and they sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.

After him, Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of half the district of Beth Zur, made repairs to the place opposite the tombs of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty men.

After him, the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani made repairs. Next to him, Hashabiah, the ruler of half the district of Keilah, made repairs for his district.

After him, their brothers, Bavvai the son of Henadad, the ruler of half the district of Keilah made repairs.

After him, Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired another portion, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.

After him, Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired another portion, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib.

After him, the priests, the men of the Plain made repairs.

After them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs across from their house. After them, Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah made repairs beside his own house.

After him, Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another portion, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, and to the corner.

Palal the son of Uzai made repairs opposite the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.

After him the Tekoites repaired another portion, over against the great tower that stands out, and to the wall of Ophel.

After them, Zadok the son of Immer made repairs across from his own house. After him, Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the east gate made repairs.

After him, Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another portion. After him, Meshullam the son of Berechiah made repairs across from his room.

After him, Malchijah one of the goldsmiths to the house of the Nethinim, and of the merchants, made repairs over against the gate of Hammiphkad, and to the ascent of the corner.

Therefore set I in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, in the open places, I set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

I said to them, "We, after our ability, have redeemed our brothers the Jews that were sold to the nations; and would you even sell your brothers, and should they be sold to us?" Then they held their peace, and found never a word.

They sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them the same way.

Of the priests: the children of Hobaiah, the children of Hakkoz, the children of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name.

But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,

After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight.

and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the leaders of Judah,

The other company of those who gave thanks went to meet them, and I after them, with the half of the people, on the wall, above the tower of the furnaces, even to the broad wall,

But in all this, I was not at Jerusalem; for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king: and after certain days asked I leave of the king,

It came to pass that, when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the Sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut, and commanded that they should not be opened until after the Sabbath. I set some of my servants over the gates, that no burden should be brought in on the Sabbath day.

After these things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.

Each young woman's turn came to go in to King Ahasuerus after her purification for twelve months (for so were the days of their purification accomplished, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet fragrances and with preparations for beautifying women).

After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the officials who were with him.

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.

that you inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin?

Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

After my skin is destroyed, then in my flesh shall I see God,

Allow me, and I also will speak; After I have spoken, mock on.

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

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

After my words they did not speak again. My speech fell on them.

They are driven out from the midst of men. They cry after them as after a thief;

if my step has turned out of the way, if my heart walked after my eyes, if any defilement has stuck to my hands,

After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty. He doesn't hold back anything when his voice is heard.

The range of the mountains is his pasture, He searches after every green thing.

Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

He makes a path shine after him. One would think the deep had white hair.

It was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends; for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.

After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, to four generations.

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.

Day after day they pour forth speech, and night after night they display knowledge.

The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise the LORD who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.

One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to see the LORD's beauty, and to inquire in his temple.

Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.

Their inward thought is that their houses will endure forever, and their dwelling places to all generations. They name their lands after themselves.

For when he dies he shall carry nothing away. His glory shall not descend after him.

God looks down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there are any who understood, who seek after God.

For strangers have risen up against me. Violent men have sought after my soul. They haven't set God before them. Selah.

So I will sing praise to your name forever, that I may fulfill my vows day after day.

The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,

The humble have seen it, and are glad. You who seek after God, let your heart live.

When he killed them, then they inquired after him. They returned and sought God earnestly.

So I let them go after the stubbornness of their hearts, that they might walk in their own counsels.

God, the proud have risen up against me. A company of violent men have sought after my soul, and they do not hold regard for you before them.

The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.

They draw near who follow after wickedness. They are far from your Law.

For though the LORD is high, yet he looks after the lowly; but the proud, he knows from afar.

Do not lust after her beauty in your heart, neither let her captivate you with her eyelids.

He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

A righteous man walks in integrity; blessed are his children after him.

He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn't know that poverty waits for him.

There is no memory of the former; neither shall there be any memory of the latter that are to come, among those that shall come after.

I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and behold, all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

Then I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly. For what can the man who comes after the king do? Just that which he has already done.

So I hated life, because the work that is worked under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a chasing after wind.

I hated all my labor in which I labored under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who comes after me.

For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Therefore I saw that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his works; for that is his portion: for who can bring him to see what will be after him?

Then I saw all the labor and achievement that is the envy of a man's neighbor. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

Better is a handful, with quietness, than two handfuls with labor and chasing after wind.

There was no end of all the people, even of all them over whom he was?yet those who come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

For who knows what is good for man in life, all the days of his vain life which he spends like a shadow? For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun?

In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; yes, God has made the one side by side with the other, to the end that man should not find out anything after him.

This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes also, the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

Cast your bread on the waters; for you shall find it after many days.

Before the sun, the light, the moon, and the stars are darkened, and the clouds return after the rain;

Your rulers are rebellious, and companions of thieves. Everyone loves bribes, and follows after rewards. They do not judge the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them.

It will come to pass in that day that Tyre will be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king. After the end of seventy years it will be to Tyre like in the song of the prostitute.

It will happen after the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall return to her wages, and will play the prostitute with all the kingdoms of the world on the surface of the earth.

And they will be gathered, a gathering in a dungeon, and shall be shut up in the prison; and after many days shall they be visited.