And he read in it before the broad place that was before the water gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of the men and the women, and of those who could understand. And the ears of all the people were [attentive] t

So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, each one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the broad place of the water gate, and in the broad pla

And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of LORD their God a fourth part of the day, and [another] fourth part they confessed, and worshipped LORD their God.

Thou are LORD, the God who chose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham,

And thou gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and commanded them that they should go in to possess the land which thou had sworn to give them.

Yea, when they had made a molten calf for them, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations,

Their sons thou also multiplied as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land concerning which thou said to their fathers that they should go in to possess it.

Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God,

Then I brought up the rulers of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies that gave thanks and went in procession, [one went] on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate,

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

because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them. However our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers. And there I brought again the vessels of the house of God, with the meal-offerings and the frankincense.

Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain and the new wine and the oil to the treasuries.

In those days I saw in Judah some men treading wine-presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and loading donkeys [therewith], as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on t

There dwelt men of Tyre also in it who brought in fish, and all manner of wares, and sold on the Sabbath to the sons of Judah, and in Jerusalem.

For this deed of the queen will come abroad to all women, to make their husbands contemptible in their eyes when it shall be reported, King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she did not come.

And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter. For she had neither father nor mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful. And when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.

Esther had not yet made known her kindred nor her people, as Mordecai had charged her. For Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, as when she was brought up with him.

So Hathach went forth to Mordecai to the broad place of the city, which was before the king's gate.

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.

And he wrote the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by post on horseback, riding on swift steeds that were used in the king's service bred of the stud,

On that day the number of those who were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.

Why then have thou brought me forth out of the womb? I would have given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.

His sons come to honor, and he does not know it, and they are brought low, but he does not perceive it of them.

Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?

He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

But he has made me a byword of the people, and they spit in my face.

He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry.

Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons.

They are exalted. Yet a little while, and they are gone. Yea, they are brought low. They are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

If his sons be multiplied, it is for the sword. And his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

As for the earth, out of it comes bread, and underneath it is turned up as it were by fire.

No bird of prey knows that path, nor has the falcon's eye seen it.

The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.

And now I have become their song, Yea, I am a byword to them.

I also will answer my part. I also will show my opinion,

that he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man.

so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food.

There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no confinement, and that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is narrowed.

And now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies, but the wind passes, and clears them.

and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

Have thou comprehended the earth in its breadth? Declare, if thou know it all.

Will thou play with him as with a bird? Or will thou bind him for thy maidens?

Will the bands make traffic of him? Will they part him among the merchants?

[His] strong scales are [his] pride, shut up together [like] a close seal.

He beholds everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride.

Then there came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that LORD ha

For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their inward part is very wickedness. Their throat is an open sepulcher. With their tongue they {deceive (LXX/NT)}.

Behold [the wicked man], he travails with iniquity. Yea, he has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.

In the pride of the wicked man the poor man is hotly pursued. Let them be taken in the devices that they have conceived.

The wicked man, in the pride of his countenance, [says], He will not require [it]. All his thoughts are, There is no God.

In LORD I take refuge. How will ye say to my soul, Flee [as] a bird to your mountain.

Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon LORD?

He also brought me forth into a large place. He delivered me because he delighted in me.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws, and thou have brought me into the dust of death.

They part my garments among them, and upon my vesture do they cast a lot.

O LORD, thou have brought up my soul from Sheol. Thou have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Let the lying lips be dumb, which speak against the righteous man insolently, with pride and contempt.

Let them be put to shame and brought to dishonor who seek after my soul. Let them be turned back and confounded who devise my hurt.

Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of sinners drive me away.

I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen a righteous man forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.

He also brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and he set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

Blessed is the man who makes LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

Let them be put to shame 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.

Yea, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.

But now thou have cast off, and brought us to dishonor, and go not forth with our armies.

Thou make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.

She shall be led to the king in broidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to thee.

Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.

Behold, thou desire truth in the inward parts, and in the hidden part thou will make me to know wisdom.

Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people [as] they eat bread, and call not upon God?

[for] the sin of their mouth, [and] the words of their lips. Let them even be taken in their pride, and for cursing and lying which they speak.

They search out iniquities, [saying,] We have accomplished a diligent search. And the inward part of man and the heart [are] deep.

Thou brought us into the net. Thou laid a great burden upon our loins.

Thou caused men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water. But thou brought us out into a wealthy place.

Let not those who wait for thee be put to shame through me, O lord LORD of hosts. Let not those who seek thee be brought to dishonor through me, O God of Israel.

When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them.

Let them be put to shame and confounded who seek after my soul. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

Therefore pride is as a chain around their neck. Violence covers them as a garment.

He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers.

Behold, he smote the rock, so that waters gushed out, and streams overflowed. Can he give bread also? Will he provide flesh for his people?

Man ate the bread of the mighty. He sent them food to the full.

And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, to this mountain, which his right hand had gotten.

He brought him from following the ewes that have their young, to be the shepherd of Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.

Do not remember against us the iniquities of our forefathers. Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are brought very low.

Thou have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

Thou brought a vine out of Egypt. Thou drove out the nations, and planted it.

I am LORD thy God who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

LORD, thou have been favorable to thy land. Thou have brought back the captivity of Jacob.

O God, the proud have risen up against me, and a company of violent men have sought after my soul, and have not set thee before them.

Thou rule the pride of the sea. When the waves of it arise, thou still them.

Thou have broken down all his hedges. Thou have brought his strongholds to ruin.

Before the mountains were brought forth, or thou had ever formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou are God.

The days of our years are threescore years and ten, or even by reason of strength fourscore years, yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away.

Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth. Render to the proud a recompense.

They prate, they speak arrogantly. All the workers of iniquity boast themselves.