"Don't imagine that because you are part of the king's household you will be the one Jew who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father's household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!"

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.

But all this is nothing to me while I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's doorway.

That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,

Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate, while Haman hurried to his house, mourning and hiding his face.

And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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."

The king got up from the banquet in anger and went out to the palace garden, while Haman stood there begging Queen Esther to spare his life, because he realized that the king intended to harm him.

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the house of wine drinking, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually violate the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the statement left the king’s mouth, Haman’s face was covered.

a messenger came to Job and reported: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,

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

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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:

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

Why didn't I die while I was still in the womb, or die while I was being born?

They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
they perish forever while no one notices.

Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.

“The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more;
Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.

For I've said, "My bed will comfort me; my couch will ease my burdens while I complain.'

While it is in its budding -- uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.

While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,

Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?

While I am decaying like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

While he liveth, his flesh must have travail: And while the soul is in him, he must be in sorrow."

“Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

“It will be fulfilled while he still lives,
And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].

My friends mock me, while my eyes overflow with tears to God,

His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.

Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
while those in the east tremble in horror.

When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

Heaven will reveal his iniquity, while the earth will rise up against him.

Bear with me while I speak;
then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.

Their children are established while they are still alive,
and their descendants, before their eyes.

While another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting anything good.

“While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.

“The clods of the valley will gently cover him;
Moreover, all men will follow after him,
While countless ones go before him.

while the land belonged to a powerful man
and an influential man lived on it.

They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.

They press oil between the olive groves owned by the wicked; they suffer from thirst, even while treading the winepress.

The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, "No eye is watching me' while he veils his face.

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

while my breath is in me, and as long as the wind that God hath given me is in my nostrils.

On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

It blasts at him without mercy,
while he flees desperately from its grasp.

"While the ground produces food, underneath it is torn up and burning hot,

He cuts a channel through the rocks, while his eyes search for anything of value.

The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,”
while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”

While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;

the young men saw me and withdrew,
while older men stood to their feet.

you carried me off in a wind storm, making me ride on it while you toss me about as the storm roars around me.

if he did not bless me
while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,
while you are old;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to tell you what I know.

“You see, I waited for your words,
I listened to your [wise] reasons,
While you pondered and searched out what to say.

And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?

For I knew not, shall I flatter; for a little while, he making me will take me away.

“In a dream, a vision of the night [one may hear God’s voice],
When deep sleep falls on men
While slumbering upon the bed,

To turn a son of earth from his deed, while yet, pride, from man he concealeth:

“Man is also disciplined with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones,

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he scornfully claps in our presence,
while multiplying his words against God.

They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

while the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

The hills yield food for him,
while all sorts of wild animals play there.

Can anyone capture him while he looks on,
or pierce his nose with snares?

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His snorting flashes with light,
while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.

Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver.

While mine enemies are driven back, they fall and perish at thy presence.

While the ungodly hath the overhand, the poor must suffer persecution; let them be taken in the crafty wiliness that they have imagined!

Wherefore should the wicked blaspheme God, while he doth say in his heart, "Tush, thou God careth not for it?"

Because of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.

While they bowed down and fell, we arose and stood upright.

Yet [you] took me from [the] belly; you made me trust [while] on my mother's breasts.

Do not drag me away with [the] wicked or with [the] workers of evil, [who] speak of peace with their neighbors, while evil [is] in their heart.

The voice of the Lord makes the doe labor and give birth
And strips the forests bare;
And in His temple all are saying, “Glory!”

For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life.

When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long.

For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.

{To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, A Psalm of David.} 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 is before me.

I was mute and silent [before my enemies],
I refrained even from good,
And my distress grew worse.

My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue,

And when one comes to see me, he speaks empty words,
While his heart gathers malicious gossip [against me];
When he goes away, he tells it [everywhere].

My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

I am depressed, so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

I will say unto God my strength, "Why hast thou forgotten me? Why go I thus heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me?"

As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God?

For thou art the God of my strength; why hast thou put me from thee? And why go I so heavily, while the enemy oppresseth me?

Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself.

while you yourself hate discipline, and cast my words behind you?

This thou doest, while I hold my tongue: and thinkest wickedly that I am even such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set before thee the things that thou hast done.

Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it.

His mouth is as smooth as butter, while war is in his heart. His words were as smooth as olive oil, while his sword is drawn.

They stir up strife, they lurk;
they watch my steps
while they wait to take my life.

They return at evening; they howl like dogs while they prowl [the] city.

They return at evening; they howl like dogs while they prowl [the] city.

They plan to cast him down from his exalted position. They delight in lies; their mouth utters blessings, while their heart is cursing. Interlude

Human beings are a mere vapor, while people in high positions are not what they appear. When they are placed on the scales, they weigh nothing; even when weighed together, they are less than nothing.